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Dhaka, May 10 The High Court has said there should be no 'guard of honour' in a democratic country like Bangladesh.
The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Jahangir Hossain made the observation in an order upon a writ petition on Thursday.
Advocate Asaduzzaman Siddiqui filed the petition on behalf of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB) on May 3. The plea alleged that ignoring the warrant of precedence, the Bandarban district administration did not provide protocol and guard of honour to a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court while he had gone an official visit there in 2010.
The High Court has also asked the home ministry to revise by May 25 its directives on providing protocol and guard of honour pursuant to the warrant of precedence.
The court in its order said barring security reasons, there should be no guard of honour and if one needed to be given, the warrant of precedence must be followed.
After the initial hearing on the petition on May 3, the bench had summoned the Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Superintendent Of Police (SP) of Bandarban district.
The DC, Mizanur Rahman, now Joint Secretary at the LGRD ministry, and SP Kamrul Islam appeared before the court on Thursday.
At the hearing, counsel for the petitioner Advocate Manzill Murshid referred to a 'covert direction' of the home ministry on protocol and guard of honour.
"They (administration) provide guard of honour to the secretaries, divisional commissioner and the DIGs (deputy inspectors general) of police. But there is no provision of providing guard of honour to the High Court judges," he said.
Senior lawyer Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud said at the hearing that norms and values were apparently done away with.
State counsel Deputy Attorney General A B M Altaf Hossain told "Though the rank of the Appellate Division judges is in eighth in the warrant of precedence, there is no mention about them in the ministry's direction. It's also the same with the High Court judges."
Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun argued for Mizanur Rahman and Kamrul Islam at the hearing.
The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Jahangir Hossain made the observation in an order upon a writ petition on Thursday.
Advocate Asaduzzaman Siddiqui filed the petition on behalf of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB) on May 3. The plea alleged that ignoring the warrant of precedence, the Bandarban district administration did not provide protocol and guard of honour to a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court while he had gone an official visit there in 2010.
The High Court has also asked the home ministry to revise by May 25 its directives on providing protocol and guard of honour pursuant to the warrant of precedence.
The court in its order said barring security reasons, there should be no guard of honour and if one needed to be given, the warrant of precedence must be followed.
After the initial hearing on the petition on May 3, the bench had summoned the Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Superintendent Of Police (SP) of Bandarban district.
The DC, Mizanur Rahman, now Joint Secretary at the LGRD ministry, and SP Kamrul Islam appeared before the court on Thursday.
At the hearing, counsel for the petitioner Advocate Manzill Murshid referred to a 'covert direction' of the home ministry on protocol and guard of honour.
"They (administration) provide guard of honour to the secretaries, divisional commissioner and the DIGs (deputy inspectors general) of police. But there is no provision of providing guard of honour to the High Court judges," he said.
Senior lawyer Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud said at the hearing that norms and values were apparently done away with.
State counsel Deputy Attorney General A B M Altaf Hossain told "Though the rank of the Appellate Division judges is in eighth in the warrant of precedence, there is no mention about them in the ministry's direction. It's also the same with the High Court judges."
Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun argued for Mizanur Rahman and Kamrul Islam at the hearing.
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