Loan Defaulters Have No Constitutional Rights: HC

The High Court has ruled that loan defaulters have no constitutional rights.

Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman addressed the High Court bench on Thursday (November 4).

The court made the remarks while hearing the writ petition of Mohiuddin Siddiqui, a UP member candidate whose nomination was canceled due to default in a union council election in Sitakunda, Chittagong.

Mohiuddin Siddiqui's lawyer Advocate Rezaul Hossain Morshed told the court that Mohiuddin Siddiqui could not take part in the election due to the cancellation of nomination papers. This is curtailing his constitutional rights. The court then said that the defaulter could not have any constitutional right. When there was so much desire to participate in the election, the debt should have been repaid in due course of time.

The court said the law is the same for everyone. Later, the court removed Mohiuddin Siddiqui's writ petition from the agenda.