Cases against Sheikh Selim, Fazlul Huq, Mirza Abbas to resume
Monday, 25 October 2010
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Sunday passed separate orders clearing the way for the trial courts to resume proceedings of the corruption cases against former adviser to a caretaker government Justice M Fazlul Huq and former ministers Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim of Awami League (AL) and Mirza Abbas of BNP, reports UNB.
A three-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque, passed the orders upon petitions filed by Anti-corruption Commissions (ACC), overruling the High Court (HC) orders that had halted the proceedings of the cases.
Justice Fazlul Huq and Sheikh Selim face cases of amassing wealth illegally, and Abbas of selling out 18 abandoned government houses at a fake auction at prices much lower than their market value, when he was minister for Housing and Public Works.
ACC filed the cases during the immediate past army-backed caretaker government.
A three-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque, passed the orders upon petitions filed by Anti-corruption Commissions (ACC), overruling the High Court (HC) orders that had halted the proceedings of the cases.
Justice Fazlul Huq and Sheikh Selim face cases of amassing wealth illegally, and Abbas of selling out 18 abandoned government houses at a fake auction at prices much lower than their market value, when he was minister for Housing and Public Works.
ACC filed the cases during the immediate past army-backed caretaker government.