HC extends order until Jan 7 next not to arrest or harass Hasina
Monday, 24 November 2008
The High Court (HC) Sunday further extended its order until January 7, 2009 restraining the law from arresting or harassing ex-Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina in the Niko and Barge-mounted power plant graft cases, reports UNB.
A division bench comprising Justice Sheik Rezowan Ali and Justice M Rais Uddin passed the order.
The hearings on the rules over pending quashing petitions were also held back until January 7 next year.
The government attorney did not oppose the time prayer moved by Sheikh Hasina's counsel Barrister Shafique Ahmed, court sources said.
On July 7, the HC, upon separate writ petitions filed by Sheikh Hasina, stayed the proceedings of both the cases. It had also issued separate rules asking the government and the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) to explain as to why the two cases "should not be quashed."
Following the HC orders, trial proceedings of both the cases are now stalled at the special courts set up at the parliament complex that deals with high-profile corruption cases following the 1/11 change of guards in state power.
A division bench comprising Justice Sheik Rezowan Ali and Justice M Rais Uddin passed the order.
The hearings on the rules over pending quashing petitions were also held back until January 7 next year.
The government attorney did not oppose the time prayer moved by Sheikh Hasina's counsel Barrister Shafique Ahmed, court sources said.
On July 7, the HC, upon separate writ petitions filed by Sheikh Hasina, stayed the proceedings of both the cases. It had also issued separate rules asking the government and the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) to explain as to why the two cases "should not be quashed."
Following the HC orders, trial proceedings of both the cases are now stalled at the special courts set up at the parliament complex that deals with high-profile corruption cases following the 1/11 change of guards in state power.