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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today started its hearing on a petition seeking a review of the apex court's judgment on the Warrant of Precedence.
A six-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam, started hearing the case.
Senior advocate Salauddin Dolon took part in the start of the hearing on behalf of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Association, BSS reports.
Md Ataur Rahman, former secretary general of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Association, filed a writ petition on behalf of the organisation in 2006 with the High Court, challenging the legality of the Warrant of Precedence. The pleader in the petition said the Cabinet Division had framed the existing Warrant of Precedence in 1986 in an arbitrary manner, without evaluating the dignity and status of judicial officials.
The High Court, on February 4, 2010, declared the Warrant of Precedence of 1986 illegal and invalid and issued eight directions in this regard. The state, however, appealed against the judgment in 2011. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, after hearing the appeal, pronounced its judgment on January 11, 2015.
It also made some corrections to the eight directions issued by the High Court and formulated three directions from those.
The Bangladesh Judicial Service Association later filed the plea seeking a review of the Appellate Division's judgment. Subsequently, the deputy and assistant attorney generals also became parties to the case.