The Supreme Court Administration has drawn up the rules on transfer and secondment of lower court judges, which incorporate a provision that a judge can serve in one job for a maximum of three years.

However, if it appears to the Chief Justice that any judge is engaged in any special duty or there is a possibility of disruption in the administration of justice if the judge is transferred, in that case the judge may perform the duties assigned to the same job. for a maximum period of one year as per the rules framed entitled Transfer and Secondment of Lower Court Judges Rules, 2004.

It was said, without any exception, that the judges of the subordinate courts must be transferred to the civil and criminal courts in turn.

The drafted regulation stated that no judge could be transferred without a vacancy. A judge cannot be transferred to a court or tribunal where their family members are employed in the legal profession.

Before joining the Bangladesh Judicial Service, if a judge has practiced law for at least two years from a district bar association, he or she will not be eligible for appointment as a judge in that district for the next 10 years from on the date of accession. the service.

If any judge owns more than 10 decimals of agricultural or non-agricultural land in a district, he cannot be posted in that sector, according to the five-page policy drawn up.

The SC administration today sent the draft policy to all lower court judges in the country and asked them to give their views on the draft regulations by November 7 to the office of the registrar general of the SC via the email address (protected by e-mail) or Whatsapp 01716185583.

Earlier on September 21, Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, in an address to lower court judges, outlined a road map for the judiciary, including formulating rules for the transfer and posting of subordinate judges.