Khaleda appeals against HC order

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia filed Monday two appeals with the Supreme Court against the High Court order that had rejected her two writ petitions in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, reports UNB.

Khaleda Zia's lawyers filed the appeals with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the afternoon, said Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon.

Hearing on the appeals is expected to be held as soon as possible, he added.

On May 12, Khaleda's counsel Mohammad Asaduzzaman filed the writs with the High Court (HC) on her behalf challenging the legality of the appointment of special Judge Basudev Roy who framed charges in the two graft cases.

On May 25, the HC delivered dissenting verdicts on the two writ petitions.

While the senior judge of the HC bench, Justice Farah Mahbub stayed the proceedings of the two cases for three months, junior judge Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo outright rejected the petitions.

Later, the two petitions were sent to the Chief Justice who constituted the third bench for disposal of the duo petitions of the former Prime Minister.

On June 19, the third bench rejected the petitions.

On March 19, Judge Basudev Roy of the Dhaka's Special Judge Court-3 framed charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and seven others rejecting their time petition in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.