A High Court Circuit Bench will be formed in Chattogram within two months as demanded by the local lawyers, said Information Minister Hasan Mahmud.

The minister said he has talked to the law minister regarding the formation of HC circuit bench here.

He said this at the installation of the executive committee of Chattogram District Bar Association on Thursday night.

Hasan said lawyers can play a big role in shaping the society and the state, and leading the society in the right direction.

“Lawyers are the natural leaders of society. That is why it is easy for them to do politics," he said.

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Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a student of law department in Dhaka University as he wanted to be a lawyer. But he could not fulfill his dream as the university authority expelled him, he added.

“If you look at the first parliament of 1970, the legislature of East Pakistan before the independence of the country, the legislature of Pakistan and the legislature of Bengal in India, the majority members were lawyers," he said.

The minister also said Chattogram District Lawyers Association is the highest bar among the District Bars of Bangladesh.

The past members of the bar led the struggle for independence of this country as well as the independence struggle of India before the partition, he added.

“Many members of Chattogram Bar have played a role in every turn of the country’s history,” he added.