Dhaka, Sept. 2 -- The High Court has declared parts of Article 116 of the Constitution, which deal with control over the judiciary, illegal and void. It also directed the government to establish a separate secretariat within three months.

As a result, the authority to transfer and promote judges of subordinate courts has returned to the Supreme Court, lawyers said. They added that the verdict has removed all obstacles to forming a separate Supreme Court secretariat.

A High Court bench of Justice Ahmed Sohel and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury delivered the verdict on Tuesday (September 2), making absolute the earlier rule issued in this regard.

Earlier, on August 13, the court concluded the hearing on the rule concerning Article 116 of...