The apex court of the country accepted the gazette notification on disciplinary rules for the lower court judges Wednesday.
Led by acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah, a five-member Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court granted the disciplinary rules citing that the government issued the gazette giving primacy to the opinions of the apex court at every stage.
The highest court, however, observed that some media outlets were making unnecessary comments on gazette notification without reading it.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam earlier read out the gazette on the judges' disciplinary rules before the Appellate Division bench.
The government on December 11 last issued the gazette notification.
Later, on December 13, the SC fixed January 2 (today) for an order on the notification.
According to UNB, the lower judiciary was officially separated in November 2007 but the disciplinary rules for lower court judges had not been formulated.
On December 2, 1999, the Supreme Court in the Masdar Hossain case issued a seven-point directive, including formulating separate disciplinary rules, for the lower court judges.
The Law Ministry on May 7, 2015 sent a draft of the rules to the Supreme Court which was similar to the Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1985.