Twenty-five judges recently appointed to the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh have taken their oaths of office.
The oath-taking ceremony was held on Tuesday, August 26, at 1:40 pm, where Chief Justice Dr. Syed Refat Ahmed administered the oath. The event was presided over by the Registrar (Judicial) of the High Court Division, Moazzem Hossain.
The newly sworn-in judges include senior lawyers from the Supreme Court, deputy secretaries from the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, district judges, registrars, and deputy attorneys general. Some of the appointees are Md. Anwarul Islam (Shahin), Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Nurul Islam, Sheikh Abu Taher, Aziz Ahmed Bhuiya, Rajuuddin Ahmed, Faisal Hasan Arif, SM Saiful Islam, Md. Asif Hasan, Md. Ziaul Haque, Dihidar Masum Kabir, Jesmin Ara Begum, Murad-e-Mawla Sohel, Md. Zakir Hossain, Md. Rafizul Islam, Monzur Alam, Md. Lutfor Rahman, Rezaul Karim, Fatema Anwar, Mahmud Hasan, Abdur Rahman, Syed Hasan Jubair, AFM Saiful Karim, Urmi Rahman, and SM Iftekhar Uddin Mahmud.
The appointments were made by the government on Monday night, August 25. The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs had issued the official notification confirming the new appointments.
