BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today claimed that former Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury’s comment on Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha is “tantamount to contempt of court”.

“The language and words Mr Shamsuddin used in his remarks, it seems to me that he does not have the competency to be a judge. He made indecent comment on the chief justice. This is certainly contempt of court and I think he should be tried for such comments,” he said.

Fakhrul came up with the remarks after placing a floral wreath at national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s grave in Dhaka University.

Shamsuddin Choudhury on Saturday at a programme said, “Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha had taken only 25 days to write 400 pages, it's impossible. The verdict was not written by him at all.”

Fakhrul said, “I do not know on which ground Mr Shamsuddin got an appointment as justice. I want to say the seven justice of the Appellate Division unanimously gave the verdict on the 16th amendment to the constitution. So, those who raise question about the verdict basically they questioned the independence of judiciary.”