A Supreme Court lawyer on Wednesday served legal notices on 49 ministers and state ministers asking them to refrain from discharging their respective duties from Thursday as they have already ‘resigned’.
SC lawyer Dr Tuhin Malik served the notice, saying he would take recourse to law if they do not leave their offices by 10am Thursday.
The notice said the ministers and the junior ministers submitted their resignation letters to the Prime Minister in a body at the Cabinet meeting on November 11.
Citing Article 58 (1) of the Constitution that stipulates: “The office of a minister other than the Prime Minister shall become vacant if (a) he resigns from office by placing his resignation in the hands of the Prime Minister for submission to the President,” the notice said even though the ministers of the grand alliance government continue to discharge official functions and use government protocol.
“As per the article concerned of the Constitution, discharging of duties by the ministers is unconstitutional, illegal, immoral and against the rule of law.”
The notice also asked the cabinet secretary to remove the names and portfolios of the ministers and the state ministers from the website of the Cabinet Division after receiving the notice.
Meanwhile, another SC lawyer, Advocate Abdullah Al Baki, served a separate notice on the cabinet secretary on Wednesday asking him to explain as to how the ministers and the junior ministers are still performing their duties even after their resignation.
Source: UNB Connect
