Discriminate–
All Bench Readers would be treated as first class gazetted officers and also would be entitled to get the same pay scale as that of Bench Officers of the High Court Division from the date of joining as Bench Readers. The judgment of the High Court Division was upheld by the Appellate Division by a judgment and order dated 6-10-2010 passed in Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No.1248 of 2010.
The writ petitioners invoked their fundamental rights as they were discriminated by the same authority and they are working in the same court. Moreso, the works of Bench Readers of the Appellate Division and Assistant Bench officers of she High Court Division are completely different. The Bench Readers are appointed from among the Bench Officers/Assistant Bench Officers of the High Court Division and if the Bench Officers get status higher than them, certainly they will be discriminated. The High Court Division has rightly exercised its jurisdiction and we find no infirmity to interfere with the judgment. ...Ministry of Law, Justice & Parl. Afrs., Dhaka =VS= Md Mosharraf Hossain, (Civil), 2019 (1) [6 LM (AD) 41] ....View Full Judgment