Dhaka: The draft of the disciplinary rules and code of conduct for lower court judges was submitted to Chief Justice SK Sinha on Thursday.

"Law Minister Anisul Huq handed over the draft to the Chief Justice today," said Law and Justice Division Secretary ASSM Zahirul Haque.

The Chief Justice will send back the draft to the Law Minister after scrutinising it, he said, adding that draft will be later sent to the President for his consent and the gazette notification on the rules will be issued after the approval.

On July 23, the Supreme Court gave the government another week to publish the gazette notification on the rules determining discipline and conduct of lower court judges.

The judiciary was officially separated from the executive in November 2007 but the disciplinary rules for the lower court judges are yet to be formulated.

On December 2, 1999, the Supreme Court in the Masdar Hossain case issued a seven-point directive, including formulating separate disciplinary rules, for the lower court judges.

The Law Ministry on May 7, 2015 sent a draft of the rules to the Supreme Court which is similar to the Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1985.