HC didn’t apply judicial mind in Maya\\\'s case: SC

The High Court (HC) did not apply its judicial mind at all while acquitting incumbent Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya of graft charges, the Supreme Court (SC) has observed in its verdict, reports UNB.

The full verdict of the Appellate Division (AD) of the SC quashing a HC order that acquitted Maya of graft charges was published on Wednesday.

A three-member AD bench, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order on June 14.

It also asked the HC to rehear the appeal filed by the minister with it challenging a lower court judgment which had jailed him for 13 years.

In 2007, the ACC filed the case against the senior Awami League leader with Sutrapur thana accusing him of amassing wealth beyond known source of income and concealing information about his wealth worth Tk 2.9 million (29 lakh).

On February 24, 2008, a lower court sentenced him to 13 years' jail in connection with the case and asked the authorities concerned to confiscate his wealth worth Tk 50 million (5.0 crore).

Maya filed an appeal with the HC. On October 27, 2010, the HC cleared him of the graft charges.