SC asks for documents from TIB
The Supreme Court (SC) authorities Tuesday asked Transparency
International Bangladesh (TIB) to submit relevant documents to back up
its recent survey report that said service seekers suffer most at the
judiciary.
Badrul Alam Bhuiyan, a deputy registrar at the SC, signed the letter
Tuesday. An SC Official handed it over to TIB official at their Banani
office later in the afternoon.
Sources said the letter asked for the documents and related
information about the people in judiciary who have been found involved
in corruption.The letter also asked for submitting the full survey
report which was revealed at a programme in the capital on December
23, added the sources.
However, no deadline has been mentioned for submitting the
documents.Talking to The Daily Star, a Supreme Court high official
said on condition of anonymity that the SC would take action if the
TIB provide the names of the corrupt people.
TIB SURVEY FINDS
TIB in its latest survey found that over 84 percent households in
Bangladesh became victims of corruption while receiving services from
government and non-government institutions between June 2009 and May
this year.
Most people became corruption victims at the judiciary, according to
the survey report disclosed on Thursday. About 11 percent of the
surveyed households that received services from the judiciary paid an
average Tk 7,918 bribe each.
According to the survey, households that sought service from the High
Court paid on an average Tk 12,761 each for services. They paid on an
average Tk 6,598 and Tk 6,178 each at magistrates' and judges' courts.
Usually lawyers, court employees, court clerks and brokers take the
money to hasten or postpone hearings, for withdrawing and destroying
case documents and influencing the judgement, the survey report added.
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=27646
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