Supreme Court verdicts to be published in Bengali soon: Chief Justice

After paying homage to the International Mother Language Day martyrs on Sunday he spoke to the press about this event.

Chief justice said,”The verdict of Supreme Court will be given in Bengali soon. We have formed a transformation cell under the direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. They are already working on this affair.”

He said, the authority is working on software for delivering the judgments in Bengali from last December. “All the judgments of the Supreme Court are being automatically converted from English to Bengali. Once the remodeling is done, we too will take care of the rest of the procedures”

Judges and lawyers of the two divisions of the Supreme Court were with the Chief Justice during the tribute.

To clinch the use of Bengali in all spheres, including the High Court, the ‘Bangla Language Introduction Act, 1987’ is there; since it has not been fully implemented, various government departments, including the courts, are often being criticized.

Section 3 of this act states, “Documents and correspondence, questions and answers of the court of law and other legal functions must be written in Bengali in all sectors of Bangladesh except in government offices, courts, semi-government institutions and other autonomous bodies except in contact with foreign countries.”

In addition to all official works of the government and administration, the High Court has ordered more than once to write in Bengali all the advertisements on car number plates, signboards, nameplates and televisions. A rule has also been issued to stop wresting Bengali language in radio and television programs or advertisements. However, the initiative to introduce Bangla language at all levels wasn’t very fruitful in the High Court.