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JUDICIARY-INDEPENDENCE
Govt does not interfere in judiciary system: Anisul
DHAKA, July 8, 2020 (BSS) – Brushing aside the BNP lawmakers
allegation that the country’s judiciary is not at all independent,
Law, Justice and Parliament Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said the
judiciary is functioning with full freedom as the government does not
interfere in judiciary system.
“The judiciary is fully independent as Chief Justice is the sole
authority of the court. He opens the court and shut down the court
…the law ministry does not exercise power to this end”, he told
replying to an argument made by BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid of
Chapainawabganj-3 constituency participating in the discussion on
passing the ‘Use of Information Technology by Court Bill-2020’ in the
House today.
The government is developing all the necessary infrastructure of the
judicial department, but the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina has no interference in the legal procedure at all, the minister
added.
Accepting the BNP lawmaker’s challenge for holding detailed debate
in the parliament on independence of the judiciary, Anisul said the
BNP wants independence of judiciary like the judiciary of Pakistan as
they want to make the judiciary system like Pakistan.
After the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and
most of his family members on August 15, the law minister said no case
had been filed till October 2, 1996 while the BNP was in power for 15
years after the tragic killing.
The law minister disagreed on misuse of the Digital Security Act,
and said, “The digital security act is necessary for the country but
we don’t want misuse of the act”.
Claiming Justification of introducing ‘virtual court’ system in the
country, Anisul said the government has introduced the system
considering the Corona and also to ensure the bail plea of the people
who had no involvement with serious crime as granting bail by the
court is a constitutional right of the people.
Bangladesh is one of the three frontline countries in the world
running virtual court system to ensure justice for the people, he
said, adding that the coronavirus pandemic has attacked almost 193
countries and judicial process is not functioning in those countries,
but only 54 countries in the world had introduced the system and
Bangladesh is one of them.
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