Judge appointment: SC starts hearing Khaleda\\\'s pleas

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on began Thursday hearing on two leave-to-appeal petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia against a High Court (CU) order rejecting two petitions challenging the legality of the appointment of a special judge who framed charges against her in two graft cases, reports UNB.
After the day's proceedings, a five-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice M Muzammel Hossain, deferred the hearing until Sunday.
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 HC 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 HC on May 12. However, the HC dismissed her writs on June 19.