Clemency deadline expires today
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) has not yet received any paper or notice related to the writ petition filed challenging its legality, reports UNB.
"Despite being a party to it, the Commission hasn't yet received any paper or notice related to the writ," TAC Chairman Justice Habibur Rahman Khan told the Commission's regular briefing Wednesday afternoon.
On November 13, the High Court (HC) declared TAC illegal following a writ petition. On November 16, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) stayed the High Court order for a month.
The TAC chairman said neither the court nor the Attorney General informed him about the case and that he did not submit his reply to the court.
Terming the High Court order incomplete, Justice Khan said he even did not know in which process the rule against his Commission was issued.
"The office of the Attorney General informed me nothing. I'll have to scrutinise the subject well. I was not given any opportunity to respond to the rule. The reply might have been given from the Attorney General's office," he said.
It was told at the press briefing that as of Tuesday 479 individuals applied for clemency in return for their ill-gotten wealth. Of them, 364 are government servants, wives of 49 of them, 29 businessmen and 35 belonging to other professionals.
Some 120 of the clemency seekers already got mercy certificates.
TAC members Asif Ali and Maj Gen (retd) Manjur Rashid were also present at the briefing.
Meanwhile, the deadline for filing clemency applications expires today (Thursday).
"Despite being a party to it, the Commission hasn't yet received any paper or notice related to the writ," TAC Chairman Justice Habibur Rahman Khan told the Commission's regular briefing Wednesday afternoon.
On November 13, the High Court (HC) declared TAC illegal following a writ petition. On November 16, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) stayed the High Court order for a month.
The TAC chairman said neither the court nor the Attorney General informed him about the case and that he did not submit his reply to the court.
Terming the High Court order incomplete, Justice Khan said he even did not know in which process the rule against his Commission was issued.
"The office of the Attorney General informed me nothing. I'll have to scrutinise the subject well. I was not given any opportunity to respond to the rule. The reply might have been given from the Attorney General's office," he said.
It was told at the press briefing that as of Tuesday 479 individuals applied for clemency in return for their ill-gotten wealth. Of them, 364 are government servants, wives of 49 of them, 29 businessmen and 35 belonging to other professionals.
Some 120 of the clemency seekers already got mercy certificates.
TAC members Asif Ali and Maj Gen (retd) Manjur Rashid were also present at the briefing.
Meanwhile, the deadline for filing clemency applications expires today (Thursday).