The newly appointed caretaker government in a landmark move on January 16 published the gazette notifications of four rules relevant to separating the judiciary from the executive. The much-expected separation of the judiciary now requires only an amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) as per the 12-point directive of the Supreme Court (SC) given in 1999.

Earlier, President Iajuddin Ahmed, and the newly appointed chief adviser signed the documents of the four rules. The whole process was done to meet the Supreme Court (SC) deadline for publishing the gazette notifications of the four rules ends on January 17, 2007.

The rules are, Judicial Service Commission Rule 2002, Bangladesh Judicial Service Pay Commission Rule 2002, Bangladesh Judicial Service (Service Constitution, Composition, Recruitment, Suspension, Dismissal and Removal) Rules 2002, and Bangladesh Judicial Service (Posting, Promotion, Leave, Control, Discipline and other Service Condition) Rules 2001.