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Jockeying for appointment of HC judges on

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A fresh bid to appoint about 10 additional judges to the High Court has hit a snag due to intense lobbying by ministers and leaders of the ruling four-party alliance to get their closer ones selected.
A law ministry source said the ministry was preparing a list of judges for appointment, but desperate lobbying was delaying the process.
However, the ministry has decided to finalise the list anyway -- whether some of the lobbyists are happy or not, he added.
For the 10 posts, three would be selected from judicial officials and the rest from government law officials and practicing lawyers.
The ministry is facing difficulties to finalise seven from the latter category.
Four-party alliance partner Jamaat is pushing for the appointment of one of its men while coalition leader BNP is pursuing the case of one of its closer one, a ministry source said.
In addition, some ministers from the legal profession as well as some senior lawyers are jockeying for their persons, a Bar member said.
"Now the law minister has decided to finalise the list by directly discussing the issue with the prime SEE PAGE 11 COL 6 FROM PAGE 1
minister," said a source.
Political consideration in the appointment of judges to the highest court has emerged as an important issue recently.
After taking office in 2001, the present government declined to confirm the service of 11 additional judges, appointed during the Awami League rule, despite recommendations from the chief justice.
The move sparked protest from Bar members who termed it a sheer political step.
The number of judges at the High Court now stands at 48, of whom five would retire this year.
Besides, confirmation of nine additional judges is still lying in the government's in tray with a July deadline.
The government is considering nonconfirmation of the service of some of the judges as they were appointed at the fag end of the Awami League rule, sources said.