Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the Chief Justices of the country have been used as pawns in political games in the past. She said: “On one instance, a Chief Justice was outright dismissed from the court through a letter and he knew nothing about it.”The prime minister continued: “Justices are often dismissed irregularly. Former president Iajuddin Ahmed once invited a Chief Justice over for tea and asked him to resign.”Referring to the 2001-2006 BNP regime, Hasina said: “The Chief Justice’s age for retirement was once raised from 62 to 65 and then it was taken back to 62 again. “And that is how BNP conspired to make former Chief Justice KM Hasan the chief advisor of the caretaker government so that he could facilitate their vote rigging.”The prime minister continued: “Then we formed the grand alliance. In the statement, the Chief Justice also said: “I strongly believe the prime minister has been misinformed by a certain quarter inside the government which led to her umbrage towards me.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 14, 2017 15:11 UTC