Hearing on pleas of Khaleda continues

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court continued hearing Sunday two leave-to-appeal petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia against a High Court order rejecting her two petitions challenging the legality of the appointment of a special judge who framed charges against her in two graft cases, according to a news agency.
After the day’s proceedings, the five-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain, deferred the hearing until Monday.
The Appellate Division began the hearing Thursday on the two petitions of the former prime minister.
On March 19 this year, Judge Basudev Roy of the Dhaka's Special Judge Court-3 framed charges against the BNP chief, her son Tarique Rahman and seven other people rejecting their time petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.
Khaleda filed separate revision appeals with the High Court on April 13, seeking to quash the lower court indictment orders against her in the two graft cases.
However, the HC on April 23 rejected the two petitions. Later, she filed two writ petitions with the High Court on May 12. The HC dismissed her writs on June 19.
On July 7, the BNP chief filed two criminal petitions (CPs) for leave-to-appeal with the Appellate Division against two High Court orders in connection with the two graft cases.
Two criminal petitions (CPs) for leave-to-appeal were filed against a High Court order that rejected her two writ petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.
Two civil miscellaneous petitions (CMPs) were filed against a High Court order rejecting the petitions challenging the legality of the appointment of the special judge.