The interim government has appointed 25 additional judges to the High Court Division.

The law ministry issued a notification on Monday, following an order from the president.

The appointments will take effect for two years from the day they are sworn in.

Prior to this, the interim government appointed 23 additional judges to the High Court Division on Oct 8 of last year.

As per tradition, the newly appointed additional judges will be sworn in by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed.

Nine judicial officers from the district courts, nine lawyers, and seven law officers (deputy attorneys general) are among the new judges.

The new additional judges are Anwarul Islam (Shahin), Saiful Islam, Md Nurul Islam, Sheikh Abu Taher, Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan, Rajiuddin Ahmed, Faisal Hasan Arif, SM Saiful Islam, Md Asif Hasan, Md Ziaul Haque, Dihidar Masum Kabir, Jasmine Ara Begum, Murad-e-Mawla Sohel, Zakir Hossain, Md Rafizul Islam, Md Manjur Alam, Md Lutfar Rahman, Rezaul Karim, Fatema Anwar, Mahmud Hasan, Abdur Rahman, Syed Hasan Zubair, AFM Saiful Karim, Urmi Rahman, and SM Iftekhar Uddin Mahmud.

The Supreme Court website now lists 88 judges in the High Court Division. Among them are 23 additional judges.

Amid a student-led mass uprising, prime minister Sheikh Hasina was outed and she fled to India on Aug 5 last year. Three days later, the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus took charge.

During this shift of power, former chief justice Obaidul Hassan resigned on Aug 10, following demands from the Students Against Discrimination that toppled the Awami League government.

A few hours later, around 9:30pm, the senior judge of the High Court Division, Syed Refaat Ahmed, was appointed as the new chief justice.