The High Court Division of the Supreme Court will resume its proceedings on limited scale from 10:30am today (12 August).
In this regard, a notice was published on the Supreme Court's website on Sunday (11 August) evening following the directive of chief justice.
After assuming his office on Sunday, Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has formed eight benches in the High Court Division to operate judicial functions on a limited scale.
Among the benches, five are division benches, while three are single-judge benches.
As per the directive, the following benches will run the limited judicial functions of the High Court Division.
Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Md Bazlur Rahman (writ), Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Bashir Ullah (civil), Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury (company bench), Justice Md Iqbal Kabir and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan (writ), Justice Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah (civil and criminal), Justice SM Kuddus Zaman and Justice AKM Rabiul Hassan (criminal), Justice Md Atoar Rahman and Justice Md Ali Reza (criminal); and Justice Biswajit Debnath (civil).
Following students’ demand, Chief Justice Hassan along with other Appellate Division judges resigned on Saturday.
Subsequently, Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed was appointed as 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He took oath of office at the Bangabhaban on Sunday afternoon.
On 4 August, the judicial proceedings of both divisions of the Supreme Court were declared closed for an indefinite period due to violent incidents during the quota reform movement.
