Separation of judiciary
Debor Jhaiti Ghosh, London College of Legal Studies
Generally, the constitution of the state reveals the appropriate allocation of powers to the institutions. Accountability of the government depends on the separation of its executive powers from the judiciary. Indeed, it is imperative for any democratic government to exercise its powers through the check & balance mechanism. After the liberation war of 1971 we got an independent and sovereign country-- Bangladesh. Since 1971, no government, neither democratic nor totalitarian, took any sincere steps to separate the judiciary from the executive. Thus it has caused various bottlenecks in the functioning of the democratic institutions in Bangladesh. Power remained in the hands of the government which was mercilessly used to gain political benefits. As a logical consequence to this irrational practice, the judiciary became a political playground for the government. The recent corruption cases against the two major political parties' leaders shows how corrupt society has become. It is a fact that when the political parties formulate their election manifesto they always pledge to separate the judiciary. Nevertheless, whenever they grab power they always forget what they had promised.
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