Circulars on FFs’ status illegal as SC upholds HC rule

The Appellate Division has upheld the High Court rule scrapping the government gazette and circulars imposing a minimum age to be eligible for the status of a freedom fighter, reports bdnews24.com.

The state had sought a stay order on the High Court rule but the four-member bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain rejected it.

The government had issued a notice saying those who were aged under 12 and a half years on November 30, 1971 will not be considered as a freedom fighter.

Two High Court judges, Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil, announced the verdict declaring the circulars illegal on May 19 following the hearings of 15 writ petitions.