Desk Report
Publish: 18 May 2023, 12:54 pm
Supreme Court || Photo: Shampratik Deshkal
The Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a writ petition filed challenging the
legality of the election of Md Shahabuddin as president of the country.
The eight-member bench of the
Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order
and fined the writ petitioner Advocate MA Aziz Tk one lakh “for wasting the
court’s time” by filling an “illogical writ petition.”
The other members of the bench
are Justice Md. Nuruzzaman, Justice Obaidul Hassan, Justice Borhanuddin,
Justice M. Enayetur Rahim, Justice Md. Ashfaqul Islam, Justice Md. Abu Zafor
Siddique, Justice Jahangir Hossain.
Advocate MA Aziz Khan stood for
the petitioner while Attorney General MA Amin Uddin represented the state.
On March 7, a writ petition was
filed challenging the legality of the process for electing Md Shahabuddin as
president and publication of the gazette notification by the Election
Commission.
The writ petition also sought a
stay order of the operation of the gazette notification issued by the Election
Commission.
On March 15, the High Court
rejected the writ petition. On March 21, an appeal petition was filed against
the HC order that has rejected the writ petition.
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