Five more judges from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court resigned from their posts on Saturday.
The five judges are — Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique, Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim, Justice Md Shahinur Islam, and Justice Kashefa Hussain.
They submitted their resignation letters to the president through the law ministry, according to SC Registrar General Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan, who spoke to the media.
Earlier in the day, Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned, law adviser of the newly installed interim government Prof Asif Nazrul said on Saturday.