SC adjourns Khaleda’s petitions hearing

Nazmus Sakib
Khaleda-Zia
The apex court sets July 21 for the next hearing of the petitions
The Appellate Division has adjourned the hearing on two petitions of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia which questions the legality of appointment of a judge who indicted her chief in two graft cases.

A five-member bench led by Chief Justice Muzammel Hossain adjourned the hearing in reply to a time petition on Sunday morning and fixed July 21 for the next hearing of the petitions.

Meanwhile, the court also fixed July 24 for hearing of two other petitions against another High Court verdict which challenged the rejection order of two revision petitions against the indictment order against the BNP chief and eight others by the judge.

On Monday, Khaleda challenged the High Court rulings that rejected petitions to stop trials against her and others in two corruption cases.

Lawyers for the former premier filed separate petitions with the Appellate Division on Monday.

Mahbub Uddin Khokon, filed petitions seeking permission of the apex court to file appeals against the High Court rulings.

Asaduzzaman lodged petitions seeking a stay on the High Court orders that rejected Khaleda’s pleas questioning the appointment of a lower court Judge Basudev Roy who indicted her in the cases.

The bench of Justice Borhanuddin and Justice KM Kamrul Kader on April 23 rejected the BNP chief’s pleas challenging indictment orders in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases.

By a majority view, the High Court on June 19 rejected the pleas challenging the appointment of the judge.

Basudev on the same day deferred for the third time the recording of testimonies until Wednesday

Source: Dhaka Tribune