The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a High Court order directing the Election Commission (EC) to suspend issuing any gazette on the Dhaka-4 election result.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, also ordered the Secretary at the Parliament to immediately take necessary steps for administering oath to independent candidate Md Awlad Hossain, who was declared elected from the parliamentary constituency (Dhaka-4) in the January 7 election.
The apex court chamber judge passed the order following a petition filed by Awlad challenging the HC order, said his lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan.
The lawyer said the EC has already issued a gazette notification declaring Awlad elected from the Dhaka-4 constituency.
On January 9, the HC directed the EC not to issue any gazette notification on Dhaka-4 election result for alleged irregularities including vote rigging at 18 polling centres during the national election held on January 7.
According to the unofficial result, independent candidate Md Awlad Hossain defeated Awami League candidate Sanjida Khanam in this constituency.
In response to a writ petition, the HC also ordered the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to constitute a committee to probe the allegations of irregularities and to dispose of those in 10 days.
The High Court bench of Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman and Justice Md Bashir Ullah passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by Sanjida Khanam.
Sanjida's lawyer Shah Monjurul Hoque said Sanjida had lodged two separate complaints with the returning officer and EC on January 7 and 8, but they have not taken any action to this effect.
Senior lawyers Motaher Hossain Sazu and ABM Altaf Hossain also appeared for Sanjida while Barrister Khan Mohammad Shameem Aziz stood for the EC during the hearing on Wednesday.
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