The Supreme Court will deliver its order on September 14 in BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal case filed against a High Court order.
The five-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Mozammel Hossain fixed the date after the hearing on Thursday morning.
The case was filed against the High Court order that rejected her petition challenging the legality of the appointment of a judge conducting two corruption cases.
On May 12, Khaleda Zia filed the writ petition challenging the legality of appointment of the judge who framed charges against Khaleda and six others at trial court. On June 19, High Court’s single bench of Justice Kazi Razaul Huq rejected the petition.
On July 07, Khaleda filed two petitions with the Appellate Division challenging the rejection order.
She also sought stay order on the trial proceedings.
On August 8, 2011, the ACC filed the Zia Charitable Trust graft case with Tejgaon police station accusing four people, including Khaleda Zia, for abusing power in raising funds for the trust from unknown sources.
The ACC filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on July 3, 2008 accusing Khaleda, her elder son Tarique Rahman and four others for misappropriating over Tk2.10 crore, which came as grants from a foreign bank for orphans.
Source: Dhaka Tribune