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DHAKA, Jan 23, 2025 (BSS) - The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) 
today set February 13 for holding a hearing on a petition seeking a review of 
the apex court judgment on Warrant of Precedence.
 
A three-member Appellate Division bench headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam 
passed the order as the matter came on top of today's cause list.
 
Barrister Nihad Kabir was present for the plea, while senior lawyer Ahsanul 
Karim and Barrister M Abdul Qaium were present for the deputy and assistant 
attorney generals, who became party in the case.
 
Md Ataur Rahman, former secretary general of the Bangladesh Judicial Service 
Association, filed a writ petition on behalf of the organisation in 2006 with 
the High Court, challenging the legality of the Warrant of Precedence. The 
pleader in the petition said the Cabinet Division had framed the existing 
Warrant of Precedence in 1986 in an arbitrary manner, without evaluating the 
dignity and status of judicial officials.
 
The High Court on February 4, 2010, declared the Warrant of Precedence of 
1986 illegal and invalid and issued eight directions in this regard. The 
state, however, in 2011 appealed against the judgment. The Appellate Division 
of the Supreme Court after hearing the appeal, pronounced its judgment on 
January 11, 2015. It also came up with some corrections over the eight 
directions issued by the High Court and made three directions out of those.
 
Bangladesh Judicial Service Association after that filed the plea, seeking 
review of the Appellate Division judgment. Later the deputy and assistant 
attorney generals too became party in the case.