Staff Correspondent:

A total of 25 newly appointed judges of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court have taken their oath of office.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oaths at the Judges’ Lounge on Supreme Court premises around 1:45pm on Tuesday.

Earlier, on Monday night, the law ministry announced the appointment of 25 law officials as additional judges to the High Court for two years. Upon completion of a temporary appointed period, the judges would become permanent judges.

The new additional judges are: Md Anwarul Islam (Shahin), Md Saiful Islam, Md Nurul Islam, Sheikh Abu Taher, Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan, Rajiuddin Ahmed, Faisal Hasan Arif, SM Saiful Islam, Md Asif Hasan, Md Ziaul Haque, Dihidar Masum Kabir, Jasmine Ara Begum, Murad-e-Mawla Sohel, Md Zakir Hossain, Md Rafizul Islam, Md Manjur Alam, Md Lutfar Rahman, Rezaul Karim, Fatema Anwar, Mahmud Hasan, Abdur Rahman, Syed Hasan Zubair, AFM Saiful Karim, Urmi Rahman, and SM Iftekhar Uddin Mahmud.

Lutfar Rahman, father-in-law of NCP leader Sarjis Alam, was appointed deputy attorney general following the July uprising. He was a former leader of BNP’s student wing Chatra Dal and a former vice-president of BNP’s Barguna district unit. He was appointed as deputy attorney general before his daughter married Sarjis.