Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- The judiciary of Bangladesh is set to enter a new phase of efficiency and institutional independence with the promulgation of the Supreme Court Secretariat Ordinance 2025, a long-awaited reform that grants full financial and administrative autonomy to the apex court.

The landmark Ordinance reshapes how the country's judicial system is managed and funded by empowering the Supreme Court Secretariat to prepare its own budget and authorising the chief justice to approve expenditures within the allocations passed by parliament.

It also authorises the chief justice to directly approve up to Tk 1.0 billion for development and non-development projects for the judiciary, without prior permission from the executive committee of ...