Bangla court allows four more months for independent judiciary

Dhaka, May 26: Bangladesh's supreme court gave the government four more months to separate the judiciary from the executive, lawyers said today while expressing doubts
that the extension would be enough time to do the job.

Chief Justice Mainur Reza Chowdhury presided a full bench that granted the government until September to complete the process under a 12-point agenda it gave in 1999, they said.

The court decision followed a government petition seeking
to clear some clauses of the agenda, including one linked to
the placement of the government magistrates and their
operations, officials said.

Today's decision was the 15th time the court extended
the deadline for the government to complete the process.

Bureau Report