The chief justice was taking a break for health reasons which had nothing to do with the verdict or any pressure on him, Huq said. Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha at a reception by Bangladesh Women Judges Association at Dhaka’s Judicial Administration Training Institute on Saturday. Sinha assumed the post of chief justice on Jan 17, 2015. As Zainul Abedin was reading the petition, Justice Wahhab Miah stopped him and said, “I am certain the chief justice is currently at home.”Abedin asked to finish reading the petition, but Justice Miah asked whether the situation fell under Section 103. Let us read it out first.”“I am currently fulfilling the duties of the chief justice,” said Justice Miah.

Source: bd News24 October 05, 2017 06:11 UTC