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President okays appointment of 7 new HC judges One not interested

Staff Correspondent
President lajuddin Ahmed yesterday appointed seven new additional judges to the High Court division for two years for the first time as per the recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Commission.
However, one of them has refused to become an HC judge for his "ill health’.
The judges are Deputy Attorney General Delwar Hossain, Deputy Attorney General Syeda Afsar Jahan, Supreme Court lawyers Abdul Hakim. Borhan Uddin and Kamal-Ul Alam. Rangpur District
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and Sessions Judge Abdus Samad and Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge M Azizul Haque.
Kamal-Ul Alam yesterday met the chief justice and conveyed his inability that he would not take oath.
"I met the chief justice today and informed him of my decision not to be a judge of the High Court for my illness," he told The Daily Star.
He added he is not physically fit to discharge functions of an HC judge sitting on a chair for eight hours every working day.
The president for the first time appointed the judges as per article 98 of the Constitution following recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Commission.
Supreme Judicial Commission member and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Barrister Shafique Ahmed yesterday toldThe Daily Star the appointment process did not prioritise their expectations.
He said SCBA placed a list of lawyers before the Supreme Judicial Commission during its November 5 meeting and the commission recommended 14 lawyers includfhgS^ffii'tfffriBteiyd’dne^io' the president for the appointment.
Some SC lawyers say Kamal-Ul Alam and Abdul Hakim are incumbent president and general secretary of Dhaka-based Chittagong Lawyers' Welfare Association and Borhan Uddin is its former general secretary.
They add Borhan and Syeda Afsar Jahan were involved with the law chamber of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser AF Hassan Ariff.
Delwar Hossain was an assistant attorney general during the regime of HM Ershad.
SCBA Secretary Advocate Nurul Islam Sujan said he became very frustrated over the appointments since the government controlled the appointment procedures.
The president has appointed the judges beyond the SCBA list as per advice of the government, he said.