SC freezes HC bail to Khaleda
Thursday, 4 October 2007
The Supreme Court Thursday overturned the High Court rule and froze the bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia in GATCO corruption case. A seven-strong full bench of the Appellate Division led by chief justice M Ruhul Amin also ruled that the proceedings of the graft case could go on in the trial court against the BNP chairperson. The High Court Sunday awarded bail to Khaleda but a day later the government and the Anticorruption Commission sought Supreme Court freezes on the High Court order and the stay on GATCO corruption case proceedings. The Supreme Court also halted the stay order in four separate corruption cases against Khaleda Zia, her sons Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Coco, former BNP law minister Moudud Ahmed, former communications minister Nazmul Huda and his wife. The latest rulings removed barriers to the proceedings of the cases. Updates with details