SC gives two more weeks for gazette on code of conduct

The Supreme Court yesterday gave the government two more weeks to publish a gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges.

An eight-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order while hearing the Masdar Hossain case, known as judiciary separation case.

It also adjourned the hearing of the case till March 14. During yesterday's hearing, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam sought the time for resolving the issue.

The lower judiciary was officially separated in November 2007 but the disciplinary rules for lower court judges are yet to be finalised. The government had drafted the rules and sent those to the SC for its opinion. The court revised the draft rules in the light of the 1999 verdict in the separation of the judiciary case.