Writ petition challenges ICT Act

A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer has filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Act, describing the law as unconstitutional and seeking its annulment, report agencies.

The petition also characterises the tribunal as an instrument of 'judicial killings'.

The secretary of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has been made a respondent in the case.

Petitioner Muhammed Mohshen Rashid, also president of a faction of the Bangladesh Muslim League, said the writ had already been placed before a HC bench led by Justice Khizir Hayat for hearing.

On Wednesday, he said the petition had been filed and submitted several days ago and would be moved again once a hearing date was assigned.