11 new additional judges appointed to High Court

Eleven new additional judges have been appointed to the High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Court (SC).

The law ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday (July 31).

President Abdul Hamid made the appointments for two years in line with article 98 of the Constitutions, according to the gazette notification.

The eleven news judges are: District and Sessions judge Shawkat Ali Chowdhury, Cumilla District and Sessions judge Mohammad Atabullah, Deputy Attorney General Biswajit Debnath, DAG Aminul Islam, Supreme Court lawyer Mohammad Ali Reza, Registrar general of the Supreme Court Mohammad Bazlur Rahman, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate KM Imrul Kayes, Tangail District and Sessions Judge Fahmida Quader, DAG Bashir Ullah and Supreme Court lawyers SM Masud Hossain Dolon and AKM Rabiul Hasan.