All the proceedings of the Appellate Division
and High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will remain closed for
an indefinite period from tomorrow.
Supreme Court Administration through separate notifications said the legal
and official proceedings of the Appellate Division, HC Division, lower
courts, and tribunals will remain closed till further order.
Signed by Supreme Court Registrar General Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan, the notices
said the chief justice would take necessary measures for urgent matters
during the closure.
The chief justice would also pass the order to conduct trial proceedings by
forming emergency benches at the High Court Division at any time for urgent
matters.
The chief justice would order any lower courts or tribunals to conduct trial
proceedings at any time for urgent matters, said a notice, adding: “One or
more magistrates at the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court or Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Court would be in charge all the time as per the constitutional
obligatio
n.”
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha