CJ recommends 10 HC judges

Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain has recommended to the president the regularisation of 10 additional High Court judges, appointed two years ago.Supreme Court and law ministry sources said the chief justice on Wednesday sent the law ministry the recommendation letter to forward it to the Bangabhaban through the Prime Minister’s Office.The law ministry is expected to forward the letter to the PMO tomorrow to place it to President Abdul Hamid for his consideration.Once the president regularises the additional judges, the law ministry will issue a gazette notification to that effect, and then the chief justice will administer them the oath of office as regular judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.The process may complete within next week, before the SC goes on a three-week vacation for Durga Puja and Eid-ul-Azha, the sources added.In October 2011, late president Zillur Rahman appointed the additional HC judges for two years.The judges are Justice SH Md Nurul Huda Jaigirdar, Justice KM Kamrul Kader, Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah, Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam, Justice Mohammad Ullah, Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar, Justice AKM Shahidul Huq, Justice Shahidul Karim, Justice Md Jahangir Hossain and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman.The HC now has 91 judges — 73 regular and 18 additional — while the Appellate Division of the SC nine. Of the existing HC judges, six have been dealing with war crimes cases at the International Crimes Tribunals.According to sources, the Awami League-led government has so far appointed 10 judges to the Appellate Division and 63 judges to the High Court Division of the SC.