3 new judges at SC Appellate Division

President Abdul Hamid has appointed three judges at the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

They are Zinat Ara, Abu Bakar Siddiquee and Md Nuruzzaman – all of whom were serving as the High Court judges.

The president made the appointment on Monday, an official of the court told Prothom Alo.

With this, the number of judges at the Appellate Division increases to seven.

The three new judges will take the oath of office to be administered by chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain at the Supreme Court Judges' Lounge Tuesday morning.

Apart from the chief justice, there are four judges at the Appellate Division. They are Syed Mahmud Hossain, Muhammad Imman Ali, Hasan Foez Siddique, and Mirza Hussain Haider.