where Awami league involved is SC action ???
Throwing a one liner to block news that don't swit Indians is a pattern here. But here comes Idune again,
Bangladesh SC court judges notch up the kangaroo court tile
Bangladesh Supreme Court (SC) is considering contempt case against editor and reporters of Daily Amardesh. Daily Amardesh published a report on repeated questionable actions by chamber judge of SC influenced by Attorney General . Here is the report on statements Bangladesh Supreme Court (SC) Judges made in court yesterday (18/10/2010) and ground for contempt considered by SC Judges:
1) If the report of chamber judge questionable activity true or not is NOT the consideration here. Question we (SC judges) are considering if editor was in contempt of the court by publishing the report on chamber judge questionable practice.
2) In the report editor did not use honorable in front of Justice Mozzammel Hossain and judges considered that to be disrespect and reason for contempt.
3) Mahmudur Rahman, defendant and acting editor of daily Amardesh came from different background (engineer, businessman and columnist) and became editor in last 2 years. According to statement by Judges, Mahmudur Rahman background does not qualify him to be editor of a newspaper and reason for him not to use honorable.
Amardesh Online Edition
These statements and consideration by SC judges raises some obvious questions:
These questions are raised on actions of judges who are occupying office of SC justice and NOT at the office of SC justices.
1) If telling the truth exposes how chamber judge is involved in questionable and dis-honorable practices then how publishing it can be construed as "contempt"?
2) And if telling the truth is considered contempt then what these judges are defending? Truth or abuse of power?
3) Is it another way of saying even if judges are involved in questionable practice no one should or can talk about it?
4) Is there a law saying not adding honorable before name of a judge means disrespect and is a contemptible offense?
5) In US and elsewhere it is common practice to address a judge as Justice xyz. So how and when adding honorable before name of a judge became a yardstick for journalistic acumen?
6) Since when any judges are entitled to determine and make judgement on qualification of newspaper editor? Are Bangladesh SC judges not abusing sweeping power of their office?
Honor is something can only be earned and cannot be imposed. Honorable is implied with the institution of SC judges. But they way Bangladesh SC justices are imposing more of a colonial norm of respect they are further denigrating their honor.
(Further analysis later...)