Unmarried clause in police SI hiring
HC questions legality of condition
STAFF REPORTER, Dhaka
The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of a provision of Police Regulation, which imposes a condition of being unmarried and having high social status for applying to the post of sub-inspector (SI). In response to a writ petition, the HC bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why this provision should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.
Home and law secretaries and the inspector general of police (IGP) have been made respondents to reply to the rule within four weeks. Mohammad Hossain Khan, a resident from Khilgaon in Dhaka, filed the writ petition with the HC on February 25 challenging the legality of the provision of the Police Regulation.
Mohammad Hossain Khan, in his petition, said he has academic qualification to apply for the post of sub-inspector (SI) but he cannot become a candidate due to the conditions of being unmarried and having high social status, which is discriminatory and contradictory to the constitution.
Advocate Ishrat Hasan, counsel for the petitioner, told reporters that the police regulation that imposed such restriction to apply for SI post is contradictory to the constitution.
