Sinha’s graft case verdict proves none is above law: Anisul

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said the graft case judgement against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha again proved that no one is above the law.

“Whoever is in an important post of the government or state should be more cautious about his activities. He should maintain transparency and accountability. We can learn this again from today’s judgement,” he told reporters at his Secretariat office.

“Today is not a happy day for the judiciary, yet it is also right that whoever commits crimes should be punished.”

“I am not happy. He (former Chief Justice) was associated with the judiciary. He was the chief justice. I am a lawyer too and associated with the judiciary for my whole life. So, this cannot be a happy matter for me,” he added.

Anisul said, “From 1975 to 1996, we saw that no cases were filed for killing the country’s Father of the Nation along with most of his family members. But we have come out of this culture.”