Twenty-five newly appointed additional judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court has been sworn in on Tuesday afternoon (August 26).

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath this afternoon in the Supreme Court's Judges’ Lounge. 

The oath-taking ceremony was conducted by High Court Division Registrar (Justice) Mohammad Moazzem Hossain. 

Earlier, the Law and Justice Division of the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs issued a gazette notification on Monday night appointing 25 individuals as additional judges of the High Court Division.

Of those appointed, nine are judicial officers, nine are lawyers, and seven are law officers.

According to the notification, under Article 95(1) of the Constitution, the president, in consultation with the chief justice and by virtue of the powers conferred under Article 98, has appointed 25 individuals as additional judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court for a period not exceeding two years. The appointments will take effect from the date of their oath-taking.

Those appointed as additional judges of the High Court are: Supreme Court lawyer Md Anwarul Islam (Shahin); Additional Secretary of the Law and Justice division Md Saiful Islam; Chattogram District and Sessions Judge Md Nurul Islam; Secretary of the Law and Justice Division Sheikh Abu Taher; Registrar General of the Supreme Court Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan; Supreme Court lawyers Rajiuddin Ahmed and Faisal Hasan Arif; Joint Secretary of the Law and Justice Division SM Saiful Islam; Supreme Court lawyers Md Asif Hasan and Md Ziaul Haque; Deputy Attorney General Dihidar Masum Kabir; Habiganj District and Sessions Judge Jesmin Ara Begum; Secretary of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission Murad-e-Maula Sohel; Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zakir Hossain; Solicitor (Senior District Judge) Md Rafizul Islam; Deputy Attorney Generals Md Monjur Alam, Md Lutfur Rahman, and Rezaul Karim; Supreme Court lawyer Fatema Anwar; Deputy Attorney General Mahmud Hasan; Supreme Court lawyers Abdur Rahman and Syed Hasan Jubair; Deputy Attorney General AFM Saiful Karim; Supreme Court lawyer Urmi Rahman; and Deputy Attorney General SM Ifthekhar Uddin Mahmud.

Deputy Attorney General Md Lutfur Rahman, who has been appointed as an additional judge of the High Court, is the father-in-law of National Citizen Party’s Chief Coordinator (North) Sarjis Alam. Supreme Court lawyer Lutfur Rahman was appointed Deputy Attorney General after the mass uprising.

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