It said the president of the republic holds the unilateral authority to appoint the CJ as per the provision of the constitution.
The president can appoint any competent person as the CJ, the court said, adding that there was no provision in the constitution for appointing the CJ by maintaining the serial of seniority.
The HC bench of Justice Md Imman Ali and Justice Obaidul Hasan came up with the observation after hearing a writ petition filed by four SC lawyers.
They filed the writ petition on August 22 seeking the HC directive to the government to appoint the CJ on the basis of seniority of judges.
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