Former Chief Justice of Bangladesh Surendra Sinha said that he was forced to leave the country in the face of government pressure.
Former Chief Justice of Bangladesh Surendra Sinha said that he was forced to leave the country in the face of government pressure.
Former Chief Justice of Bangladesh Surendra Kumar Sinha published an autobiographical book, where he claimed that he had to leave the country due to the pressure and the threat.
Justice Sinha's book "A Broken Dream: Rule of Law, Human Rights, and Democracy" has been published and it is now available to buy in the Amazon.
In this book, Justice Sinha has elaborated in some detail how his dispute was with the government, and how he was forced to resign, and then why he was forced to resign from the post of Chief Justice.
He claimed that he had left the country in the face of threatening and frightening of DGFI, Bangladesh's military intelligence agency. Justice Sinha wrote that the government's decision to cancel the sixteenth amendment of the constitution was made, because of which the pressure was made from the highest government of the government.
Mr. Sinha's resignation took place in the year 2017 in the appeal of a lawsuit against the cancellation of the 16th amendment of the constitution. Justice Sinha has left the country in the face of strong pressure from the ruling Awami League and the government about the verdict.
Here the translation of some parts of the book is given in the book.
'I started getting sick'
Mr. Sinha writes, "The Prime Minister and other members of his party and ministers have strongly condemned me for going against the parliament. Cabinet ministers including Prime Minister began to defame me and bring dishonor on corruption."
"When I was locked in my official residence, lawyers and judges were not allowed to meet me, the press was told - I was sick. I asked for a holiday for treatment."
"More than one minister said, I will go abroad for treatment."
"On October 14, when I was forced to leave the country - in a public statement, I made a statement in an attempt to make the situation clear that I am not sick and I am not going to leave the country forever."
"I was hoping that both my direct absence and regular leave of the court would help normalize the situation, and the good will emerge, the government will understand the verdict of that verdict - that is, the freedom of the judiciary that is good for the nation and the state."
"In the end, I submitted my resignation from the country's military intelligence agency - the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence - threatening them and facing threat to my family."
'Contradictions in judiciary and executive departments'
Mr. Sinha wrote, in her book, her personal and judicial account details, challenges to the judiciary of Bangladesh, the judiciary and the decline of the values of politicians, political interference, police excesses, the effects of an emergency, and "DGFI's earning from the traders".
Justice Sinha's book has a mouthpiece - so that he briefly described the "conflict of judicial and executive divisions" and in what circumstances he left the post of the chief justice and wrote abroad.
Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, presently in the United States, gave interviews to BBC Bangla on this. This was his first interview in a media after various dramatic events last year.
'You are told to go abroad, but not going'
He said in the interview, "When I was fully complaining about the house ... then every day a doctor from Bangabandhu Medical University was sent to me and I could not breathe."
"In the meantime, the Chief of the DGFI came and said, yes you were told that you will go abroad, you are not going."
"I said: Why am I going abroad?"
"You go, we are arranging your money."
"I said, that is not it, I will not accept your money, and if you say I will not do yeh, I want the government to talk to the Prime Minister. I want to know what happened. (He) said that the Prime Minister will not talk to you. "
On September 5, 2016, after a special bench of the High Court Division ordered the amendment to be unconstitutional, after giving parliamentary members the right to impeach the judges by amending the Constitution in September 2014 in Parliament of Bangladesh, after giving the members of Parliament instead of the Supreme Judicial Council. The government appeals against it, and a seven-member bench is hearing the appeal.
Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha wrote in his book, "The Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the Supreme Court by rejecting the Supreme Court Bench Appeal in its chairmanship as Chief Justice on 3 July 2013. On August 1, 017, the full verdict of the unanimous verdict was published."
There he wrote, "After the decision, Parliament passed a resolution on September 13th - so that legal steps are taken to cancel the verdict."
Former Chief Justice of Bangladesh Surendra Kumar Sinha published an autobiographical book, where he claimed that he had to leave the country due to the pressure and the threat.
Justice Sinha's book "A Broken Dream: Rule of Law, Human Rights, and Democracy" has been published and it is now available to buy in the Amazon.
In this book, Justice Sinha has elaborated in some detail how his dispute was with the government, and how he was forced to resign, and then why he was forced to resign from the post of Chief Justice.
He claimed that he had left the country in the face of threatening and frightening of DGFI, Bangladesh's military intelligence agency. Justice Sinha wrote that the government's decision to cancel the sixteenth amendment of the constitution was made, because of which the pressure was made from the highest government of the government.
Mr. Sinha's resignation took place in the year 2017 in the appeal of a lawsuit against the cancellation of the 16th amendment of the constitution. Justice Sinha has left the country in the face of strong pressure from the ruling Awami League and the government about the verdict.
Here the translation of some parts of the book is given in the book.
'I started getting sick'
Mr. Sinha writes, "The Prime Minister and other members of his party and ministers have strongly condemned me for going against the parliament. Cabinet ministers including Prime Minister began to defame me and bring dishonor on corruption."
"When I was locked in my official residence, lawyers and judges were not allowed to meet me, the press was told - I was sick. I asked for a holiday for treatment."
"More than one minister said, I will go abroad for treatment."
"On October 14, when I was forced to leave the country - in a public statement, I made a statement in an attempt to make the situation clear that I am not sick and I am not going to leave the country forever."
"I was hoping that both my direct absence and regular leave of the court would help normalize the situation, and the good will emerge, the government will understand the verdict of that verdict - that is, the freedom of the judiciary that is good for the nation and the state."
"In the end, I submitted my resignation from the country's military intelligence agency - the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence - threatening them and facing threat to my family."
'Contradictions in judiciary and executive departments'
Mr. Sinha wrote, in her book, her personal and judicial account details, challenges to the judiciary of Bangladesh, the judiciary and the decline of the values of politicians, political interference, police excesses, the effects of an emergency, and "DGFI's earning from the traders".
Justice Sinha's book has a mouthpiece - so that he briefly described the "conflict of judicial and executive divisions" and in what circumstances he left the post of the chief justice and wrote abroad.
Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, presently in the United States, gave interviews to BBC Bangla on this. This was his first interview in a media after various dramatic events last year.
'You are told to go abroad, but not going'
He said in the interview, "When I was fully complaining about the house ... then every day a doctor from Bangabandhu Medical University was sent to me and I could not breathe."
"In the meantime, the Chief of the DGFI came and said, yes you were told that you will go abroad, you are not going."
"I said: Why am I going abroad?"
"You go, we are arranging your money."
"I said, that is not it, I will not accept your money, and if you say I will not do yeh, I want the government to talk to the Prime Minister. I want to know what happened. (He) said that the Prime Minister will not talk to you. "
On September 5, 2016, after a special bench of the High Court Division ordered the amendment to be unconstitutional, after giving parliamentary members the right to impeach the judges by amending the Constitution in September 2014 in Parliament of Bangladesh, after giving the members of Parliament instead of the Supreme Judicial Council. The government appeals against it, and a seven-member bench is hearing the appeal.
Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha wrote in his book, "The Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the Supreme Court by rejecting the Supreme Court Bench Appeal in its chairmanship as Chief Justice on 3 July 2013. On August 1, 017, the full verdict of the unanimous verdict was published."
There he wrote, "After the decision, Parliament passed a resolution on September 13th - so that legal steps are taken to cancel the verdict."
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