Dhaka Bureau: 23rd The Chief Justice of the country, Hasan Faiz Siddiqui, has commented that the nation will have to wait for bad days if they lose faith in the judiciary. He said this in his farewell speech on the last working day of judicial life on Thursday (August 31). The Chief Justice said that people may lose faith in the administration’s law department. But if you lose faith in the judiciary, that nation will have to wait for bad times.
He also said that the judiciary is the protector of the people’s fundamental rights. Defender of the Constitution So judges should be brave and fair. If the judiciary fails or backs away from impartial application of the law, the state and its citizens are bound to suffer. The Judiciary is the guardian of the fundamental rights of the people, besides protecting the supremacy of the Constitution. An independent judiciary is essential for the development of a truly participatory democracy, the preservation of the rule of law, and the establishment of rights and social justice for the weaker sections of society.
Calling upon the judiciary to be free from political influence, the outgoing Chief Justice said that it is the responsibility of judges, lawyers, and every responsible citizen of the state to protect the judiciary from social, economic, and political influence. Every citizen will have to wait for doomsday if we, you, fail to fulfill that duty. It does not augur well for the judiciary when political divisions cross the street and run towards the court. We have to remember that the divisions and differences of lawyers and their reactions damage the judiciary. The judiciary is comfortable with implementing political ideology politically and keeping the judiciary at a safe distance.
As the bearer and bearer of the great thought and welfare spirit with which our Constitution has been framed, we all have a great national responsibility to ensure that all laws and legal proceedings in the country reflect the constitutional spirit. People want peace and tranquility, but we still have a long way to go for complete peace. We need to straighten the crooked areas. Although he is scheduled to retire on September 25 at the end of his long judicial career, this is the last day of his judicial career as the Supreme Court is on vacation.
On the last working day of the Chief Justice, the Attorney General’s Office and the Supreme Court Lawyers’ Association gave him a farewell reception in Court Room No. 1 of the Appellate Division. Incidentally, on December 31, 2021, President Md. administered the oath to Justice Hassan Faiz Siddiqui as the Chief Justice, Abdul Hamid. He will complete 67 years on September 25. So according to the constitution, he is supposed to retire on that day. Justice Hasan Faiz Siddiqui was born on September 26, 1956, in Kushtia. After completing his studies, he joined the District Court as a lawyer on August 21, 1981.
He was admitted as an advocate of the High Court on September 4, 1983, and the Appellate Division on May 27, 1999. Hasan Faiz Siddiqui was a legal adviser to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Khulna City Corporation (KHUSIK), Kushtia Municipality, and Jalalabad Gas Transmission Company. He was the Additional Attorney General of Bangladesh. Justice Hasan Faiz Siddiqui was appointed to the High Court Division on March 25, 2009, and to the Appellate Division on March 31, 2013. Apart from this, he has been serving as the chairman of the Judicial Service Commission since April 30, 2015.
