At a time when Bangladesh’s position on the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index is 127th out of 140 countries - lowest among South Asian neighbours except  Pakistan and Afghanistan, with a continual drift over the last three years - it is heartening to hear our new chief justice, Obaidul Hassan, pronounce that “the judiciary and courts should not be politicised in any manner.” Addressing his fellow judges and members of the Supreme Court Bar Association on October 8, that  "In light of the constitution, let the judicial administration be transparent, independent, free from corruption, and congruent with the idea of social justice." CJ Hassan’s open expression of the desire to not politicise the judiciary is significant, and not only because the main opposition has been alleging for quite some time that the current judiciary system is entirely under the control of the government , but for its own sake.There’s a growing perception that as we are witnessing a disturbi...