The Supreme Court administration released 43 people, 35 clerks of lawyers and eight outsiders, after issuing warnings to them on Sunday afternoon after a drive against irregularities.
Earlier, the clerks and the outsiders had been detained for an hour after the drive.
Meanwhile, in another incident, Murshedul Hasan, a bench officer of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, has been dismissed from his post as per service rules, as the allegations brought in a departmental case against him proved true, said a statement of the SC.
The drive against irregularities was conducted by an administrative team headed by Justice Muhammad Imman Ali, a senior judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, as the Appellate division decided to clamp down on corruption and irregularities in a meeting held recently.
The Appellate Division took the decision in response to a complaint from the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).
Supreme Court Bar Association Secretary Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal said, "Corruption and irregularities have plagued the activities of the Supreme Court for a long time, so we filed the complaint at the Appellate Division meeting on August 8."
The detained 43 persons were keeping their position in the affidavit section of the Supreme Court without any due reason, said a statement issued by Md Saifur Rahman, spokesperson of the Supreme Court.
Following the detentions, some clerks attempted to protest the drive until Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal stopped the situation from escalating. After the mediation of the Bar Association, the detained clerks were warned not to carry out any more misconduct and released.
Advocate Mashiur Rahman, an executive member of the SCBA, said, "Lawyers have raising their voice against the long running corruption and irregularities at Supreme Court. Recently, we filed a complaint to the Chief Justice. Following the complaint, the administration conducted the drive and found misconduct by 43 people."
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