Staff Reporter:
Judiciary Reform Commission has proposed making the country’s judiciary fully independent, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said yesterday.
“Although previous governments had stated that the judiciary was independent, but it was not in-dependent at all. That’s why the Judiciary Reform Commission proposes making the judiciary fully independent,” he told a press briefing in front of the State Guest House Jamuna yesterday after-noon.
Earlier in the day, Judiciary Reform Commission chief Justice Shah Abu Naeem Mominur Rah-man and Public Administration Reform Commission chairman Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury handed over their respective commissions’ reports to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at Jamu-na.
Members of the commissions were present on the occasion.
Speaking at the press briefing, Shafiqul said the Judiciary Reform Commission’s report is a big 52-page one and in some cases, constitutional amendments would be needed to fully implement the recommendations of the report.
He said the commission also proposed introducing permanent attorney service by hiring manpower following procedures like BCS.
It also recommended establishing a separate investigation agency, the press secretary said, adding that generally police investigate crimes taking place in the country and often the political govern-ments use police during probes.
The investigation of police is got sometimes faulty and those can be manipulated in many cases, so the commission suggests establishment of a separate investigation agency, he added.
Shafiqul said the commission also proposed establishment of permanent benches of the Supreme Court at divisional level, while magistrate court at upazila level and expanding legal services at village level.
Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretaries Abul Kalam Azad Majumder and Apurba Jahangir and Senior Assistant Press Secretary Foyez Ahammad were present at the press briefing.
