The Appellate Division of Supreme Court deferred the hearing for an order on issuance of gazette notification on the disciplinary rules for judges.
A five-member Appellate Division bench, led by acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah passed the order on Tuesday.
The SC fixed Wednesday for the next hearing.
On December 11 last, the government issued the gazette notification.
Later, on December 13, the SC fixed January 2 for an order on the notification, says a UNB report.
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.