A High Court Circuit Bench will be formed in Chattogram within two months as demanded by the local lawyers, said Information Minister Hasan Mahmud.
The minister said he has talked to the law minister regarding the formation of the HC circuit bench there.
He said this at the installation of the executive committee of Chattogram District Bar Association on Thursday night, reports bdnews24.com.
Hasan said lawyers can play a big role in shaping society and the state and leading society in the right direction.
“Lawyers are the natural leaders of society. That is why it is easy for them to do politics," he said.
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a student in the law department at Dhaka University as he wanted to be a lawyer. But he could not fulfill his dream as the university authority expelled him, he added.
“If you look at the first parliament of 1970, the legislature of East Pakistan before the independence of the country, the legislature of Pakistan and the legislature of Bengal in India, the majority members were lawyers," he said.
The minister also said Chattogram District Lawyers Association is the highest bar among the District Bars of Bangladesh.
The past members of the bar led the struggle for independence of this country as well as the independence struggle of India before the partition, he added.
“Many members of Chattogram Bar have played a role in every turn of the country’s history,” he added.
