The chief justice, Syed Refaat Ahmed is scheduled to administer oath of offices of 25 newly appointed additional High Court judges at 1:30pm on Tuesday.
Supreme Court public relations officer Shafiqul Islam confirmed to 抖阴精品 that the oath taking ceremony would be held at the SC judge lounge.
In a historic move, president Mohammad Shahabuddin on Monday appointed the highest-ever number of new judges to the High Court Division, selecting a total of 25 individuals for two-year terms as additional judges through the newly constituted Supreme Judicial Appointment Council headed by the chief justice.
The appointees include nine lawyers from the Supreme Court Bar Association, nine senior judges from the lower judiciary and seven deputy attorneys general from the interim government, according to a gazette notification issued by the law secretary.
Names of appointed judges from the Supreme Court Bar Association are 鈥� Md Anwarul Islam Shahid, Raziuddin Ahmed, Faisal Hasan Arif, Md Asif Hasan, Md Ziaul Haque, Fatema Anowar, Abdur Rahman, Syed Hasan Jobaer and Urmi Rahman.
Names of appointed judges from the lower judiciary are 鈥� Md Saiful Islam, additional secretary, law ministry; Md Nurul Islam, Chattogram district and sessions judge; law secretary Sheikh Abu Taher, Supreme Court registrar general and senior district judge Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan, joint secretary and senior district judge SM Saiful Islam,聽 Hobiganj district and sessions judge Jesmin Ara Begum, Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission secretary and district judge Murad-A-Mawla Sohel, Dhaka district and sessions judge Md Zakir Hossain and聽 solicitor and senior district judge Md Rafizul Islam.
Names of appointed judges from the interim government鈥檚 legal team (deputy attorneys general) 鈥� are Dihidar Masum Kabir, Md Monjur Alam, Md Lutfor Rahman, Rezaul Karim, Mahmudul Hasan, AFM Saiful Karim, and SM Iftekhar Uddin Mahamud.
This is the first batch of High Court appointments made through the Judicial Appointment Council, which was formed under the Supreme Court Appointment Ordinance, 2025 passed by the interim government.
In October 2024 the interim government appointed for the first time a total of 23 additional HC judges after a total of 12 High Court judges sent on leaves after the Sheikh Hasina government was ousted following the July 2024 mass uprising.
The Supreme Judicial Appointment Council earlier conducted viva voce interviews of at least 60 shortlisted candidates for the posts of additional High Court judges.
The council received nearly 300 applications in response to a public notice and shortlisted 60 candidates through an initial screening and review process.
The council recommended the 25 candidates for appointment.
The application process began on May 28, when the Supreme Court Registrar issued a public notice inviting interested candidates to apply.
Applicants were asked to submit their forms along with a passport-sized photo by June 22, either by post or in person to the Registrar General鈥檚 Office of the Supreme Court.
This marks the first round of applications under the newly formed Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, established through an ordinance issued by the interim government on January 21. The council was created under Article 95 of the Constitution, which was adopted in 1971 but had not been fully implemented until now.
The SJAC is now responsible for recommending names for appointments to the Supreme Court.
