Lawyers scuffle at SC over protest against Khaleda's verdict
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Pro-BNP lawyers have scuffled with Awami League-allied lawyers on the Supreme Court (SC) premises in Dhaka, reports bdnews24.com.
The scuffle took place on Wednesday after pro-BNP lawyers boycotted the court to protest the doubling of a jail term for BNP chief Khaleda Zia by the High Court in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
The Appellate Division (AD) continued its daily activities. The appellate bench of seven judges headed by the chief justice started regular court proceedings at 9:00 am.
The lawyers, including the attorney general, were present at the time.
After the AD started its daily work, BNP activists locked a SC gate on the second floor of the building as part of their protests.
During the protests, Supreme Court Bar Association President Zainul Abedin claimed that the general lawyers voluntarily joined the court-boycott.
"They locked the gate," said Zainul Abedin, a BNP leader.
As the protests continued, the Awami League-allied lawyers led by Bar Council Vice-Chairman Muhammad Yusuf Hussain Humayun went to the second floor of the court building to break the gate open around 10:30am.