Ten newly-appointed additional judges of the High Court were sworn in yesterday morning.
Chief Justice SK Sinha administered the oath-taking ceremony at the Supreme Court auditorium. Judges of both the SC divisions were present there.
The new judges are Justice SM Mojibur Rahman, Justice Md Farid Ahmed Shibli, Justice Amir Hossain, Justice Rajik Al Jalil, Justice Bhismadeb Chakrobarti, Justice Md Selim, Justice Md Sohrawardi, Justice Khijir Ahmed Chowdhury, Justice Jyotirmoy Narayan Deb Chowdhury and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir Lytton.
President Abdul Hamid on February 9 made the appointments for two years as per article 98 of the constitution, raising the number of HC judges to 97.