Court Correspondent

Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique has reconstituted the jurisdictions of 11 High Court benches out of the total 53 benches as both the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court will reopen today (October 16) after long 44 days annual vacation.

Among the 11 reconstituted HC benches, 10 are division (comprising two judges) benches and the remaining is single-judge bench.

The chief justice issued a notification on Thursday to this effect, saying that the HC benches will sit in the benches at 9:30am since Sunday to Thursday to conduct judicial functions.

Supreme Court Spokesman and Appellate Division Registrar Mohammad Saifur Rahman told The Daily Star that the jurisdictions of other 42 HC benches will remain as they were before the vacation.

Meanwhile on Thursday, Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique has assigned Justice M Enayetur Rahim, a judge of the Appellate Division, as chamber judge of the apex court to deal with the urgent cases for three days in every week.

Justice M Enayetur Rahim will sit in the chamber bench since 2pm on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, according to another notification issued by Appellate Division Registrar Mohammad Saifur Rahman under the instruction from the chief justice.

The chief justice and other judges of the Appellate and High Court Divisions will meet Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, Supreme Court Bar Association's President Md Momtaz Uddin Fakir and its Secretary Abdun Nur Dulal and other Supreme Court lawyers for courtesy at the lawn of Supreme Court Main Building from 9:30am to 12pm tomorrow.

Supreme Court Registrar General Md Golam Rabbani issued a notification on this issue requesting all concerned to be present at the courtesy meeting.