33 years of our independence has passed, but separation of judiciary is still dream. The time is being extended by court, and only GOD knows when 'independent judiciary' will come true. Independent judiciary is paramount authority in case of assuring justice to common people . Because the whole system of judiciary is being abused by our dirty politics , money and power and thus in this way our poor common people are being deprived of justice . Peoples' faith is fading gradually. The duty of lawyers in this case should be very pragmatic. It is their obligation to save judiciary and to retain the faith of common people . It is the common peoples' money which judiciary is taking and unless the judiciary be independent , it cannot be able to act in favour of common people. It is the right time for lawyers to act for the separation of judiciary. The lawyers should come forward to prevent any act which is against the independence of judiciary.
They should not consider from which party ( whether their favourite political party or not) the threat to independent judiciary comes, they should only consider their position as a lawyer, as a responsible person , as a conscious and determined soldier of saving the independence of judiciary . In this case lawyers must be uncompromising and stick to their object .They should act as agents of common people , not the agents of any political party .They should go for a countrywide strong protest for the sake of justice. They should have the spirit of freedom fighter to save judiciary from degrading .If all the lawyers can be determined to achieve this noble goal , victory will come through the separation of judiciary and love and profound justice from the common people for giving them a ray of hope of justice .
Shahrin Shahjahan Naomi,
LL.B (Hons) 1st year, Dhaka University .

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Don't undermine the judiciary

The other day I read the news in a daily on withdrawal of criminal cases by the government. According to the report the present government has acquitted more than 60,000 persons accused of different criminal offences. The reason behind exonerating them from criminal charges, as told by the government, was that these cases were filed during the Awami League government and as such politically motivated. Of course, according to the law of the land, the government posses the right to withdraw a case. But can the government exercise this power arbitrarily? According to the report persons accused of serious criminal offences like murder, rape, arson, arms possession and use, bombing has also been released. The judiciary is there to adjudge the cases. If the cases were politically motivated, the court is in better position to decide those. Accquiting criminals by executive decision will make the judiciary handicapped.
Kazi Hannan,
Mirpur-2, Dhaka.