SC Secretariat gets its first secretary

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed yesterday assigned SC Registrar General Mohammad Habibur Rahman Siddiquee to serve as the secretariat's secretary to run its operations.

"Until further orders, he will act as the administrative head of both the Supreme Court Registry and the Supreme Court Secretariat," a SC press release said yesterday.

According to sub-sections (2) and (4) of section 4 of the Supreme Court Secretariat Ordinance, overall control of the secretariat will rest with the chief justice.

Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Judicial Service Association, a body of the lower court judges, yesterday congratulated the interim government for issuing the ordinance and urged the government to urgently establish the SC Secretariat and to complete all necessary tasks.