Order on Khaleda's leave-to-appeal petition today

The Appellate Division on Sunday fixed today (Monday) for passing an order on a leave-to-appeal petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking cancellation of the High Court order clearing the way for continuation of the trial proceedings in the case in her absence, reports UNB.

A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain fixed the date to pass the order.

On the other hand, a Special Judge Court installed inside the old central jail is scheduled to deliver its verdict in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case on Monday (29 October).

"We did not get justice from the lower courts and even from the High Court, We hope we will get justice from the Appellate Division" said Khaleda's Lawyer Advocate Joynul Abedin.

He further said the delivery of the verdict by the Special Judge Court in the case depends on the SC court order to be given today.

On October 14, the High Court bench of Justice Obaidul Hasan and Justice SM Kuddus Zaman cleared the way to continuation of the trial proceedings of the graft case against Khaleda in her absence as they rejected a writ petition filed by the BNP chief.