4 lower court judges to lose job

The law ministry will start process tomorrow for dismissing four lower court judges for committing corruption and irregularities.

The ministry received an approval of the Supreme Court for dismissal of the four judges on Thursday afternoon, two top officials of the ministry told The Daily Star today.

The judges are former Comilla women and children repression tribunal judge S M Aminul Islam (district judge), former Thakurgaon district judge Ruhul Amin Khandaker, former Jamalpur additional district judge Md Sirajul Islam and former Khulna additional district judge Moinul Haque.

They have been attached to the law ministry.

The ministry will now send the proposal of dismissal to the president for its approval, the officials said.

After getting permission from the president, the law ministry will issue a gazette notification to make the decision effective, they added.

Earlier, the ministry conducted inquires into the allegations brought against the judges and found the allegation authentic, the ministry sources said.

The law ministry then sent the inquiry report to the SC for its legal action.

The SC authorities on Wednesday decided to dismiss the judges from their services. The authorities sent their recommendation to the law ministry for dismissing the judges a day after the decision, the SC sources said.