Dhaka, July 7 -- e-Islami on Monday expressed support for the proposal made by the National Consensus Commission to decentralise the lower judiciary and extend its reach to the upazila level, aiming to bring justice closer to people.

Talking to reporters during a break on the tenth day of the Commission's second round of meetings with political parties at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital, Jamaat's Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad said their party agreed with the proposal.

"Jamaat has agreed with the Commission's proposal on decentralisation of the lower judiciary, bringing it from district to upazila level. We have supported their proposal because today's National Consensus Commission, today's interim government...