The Supreme Court has again extended the date for the government to issue a gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges. The apex court had extended the deadline for several times to publish the gazette. The lower judiciary was officially separated in November 2007, but the disciplinary rules for lower court judges are yet to be formulated. On December 2, 1999, the Supreme Court in the Masdar Hossain case issued a seven-point directive, including formulating separate disciplinary rules, for the lower court judges. The Law Ministry on May 7, 2015 sent the draft of the rules to the Supreme Court which is similar to the Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1985.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 08, 2017 04:07 UTC