Khaleda\\\'s writ challenging trial judge\\\'s appointment rejected
Friday, 20 June 2014
The High Court (HC) rejected Thursday the writ petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging appointment of the trial judge, who indicted her and others in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases, reports BSS.
The bench with Justice Quazi Reza-ul Hoque pronounced the decision after hearing the matter for two days.
The matter came up before the present bench as a two-judge bench earlier pronounced split decision on the petition on May 25 last.
Following the Supreme Court (SC) rules, the Chief Justice (CJ) constituted the single-judge bench with Justice Hoque to hear and dispose of the petition.
Advocate Asaduzzman had filed the writ petition on May 12 for Khaleda Zia.
The petition alleged that legal procedure was not followed to indict Khaleda Zia, her elder son and BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and others as no gazette notification was published regarding appointment of the judge to try the cases.
Special judge-3 of Dhaka Basudeb Roy indicted Begum Zia and others in the cases on March 19.
The ACC lodged two separate cases with Tejgoan and Ramna police stations on August 8, 2011 and July 3, 2008 and submitted chargesheets on January 16, 2012 and August 5, 2009 respectively.