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Law Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed Sunday said the government has carried forward a long way the task of separating the judiciary from the executive with the initiative taken for proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), reports BSS.
"The government has gone much ahead in separating the judiciary," he told a lecture session titled "Separation of Judiciary and Accountability" at the Public Administration Training Centre (PATC) in suburban Savar.
Moudud described the government initiative to amend the century-old CrPC as an 'important step' for the process of separation of the judiciary saying a bill has already been prepared for the proposed amendments in line with the Supreme Court directives.
The minister said currently 600 officials of the administrative service were engaged as 'trying authority'.
"Under the proposed separate judicial system, these magistrates will continue to work as judicial magistrates on deputation while the administrative magistrates will retain their current authorities," he said.
Moudud told the function that the proposed arrangements would remain valid until December 31, 2012 or until the recruitment of necessary number of judicial officials under the proposed Judicial Service Commission.
The administrative officials might return to their original service anytime during the period, he said.
Joint Secretary level officials of the government joined the lecture session as audience chaired by PATC rector Abdus Salam Khan.
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