Desk Report
Publish: 14 Mar 2022, 05:37 pm
Nipun Akter and Zayed Khan || Photo: Collected
The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) today
directed actress Nipun Akter and actor Zayed Khan to abide by the stay order on the general secretary post of the Bangladesh Film Artistes' Association (BFAA).
An Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez
Siddique passed the order.
Barrister Rokon Uddin Mahmud stood for Nipun Akter, while
Advocates Ahsanul Karim and Nahid Sultana Juthi represented Zayed Khan.
On January 28, Zayed was declared the winner of the BFAA General
Secretary post. His rival candidate Nipun sent a written complaint to the
Election Appellate Board alleging of taking wrongful measures by Zayed in the elections.
On February 5, the Election Appellate Board held a meeting
and declared Nipun as the new GS and cancelled the candidacy of Zayed. Later,
Zayed filed a writ petition against the decision of the Election Appellate
Board.
The High Court on February 7 stayed the decision of the
Election Appeal Board.
The court also issued the rule asking the authorities
concerned to explain in a week as to why it shall not declare illegal a letter
of Department of Social Services giving the ultimate authority to the appellate
board in taking such a decision, and the decision of the appeal board,
cancelling the candidacy of Zayed Khan.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on February 9
stayed the High Court order that halted the Election Appellate Board's decision
till February 13.
The court also issued status quo on functions of the
association's general secretary, saying that none can hold the post of general
secretary till further order.
On March 8, Zayed Khan filed a contempt of court petition
stating that despite the ban imposed by the Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court, Nipun has been sitting in the chair introducing herself as the general
secretary and conducting activities, which have been published in various
media.
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