SC order on Gonotantri Party's polls participation today

FE REPORT
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed today (Wednesday) to pass an order on whether the candidates of two factions of Gonotantri Party can contest the January 7 national election.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, set the date for delivering the order after hearing two separate petitions.
One of the petitions was filed by the Election Commission (EC) challenging a High Court order that stayed the EC's decision of cancelling the candidatures of all Gonotantri Party aspirants on December 18.
In the same order, the HC directed the EC to allow seven candidates nominated by Gonotantri Party's faction led by Barrister Md Arash Ali to contest the election.
Another petition was submitted by Shahadat Hossain, leader of another faction of Gonotantri Party, seeking permission from the SC for its three candidates to contest the election.
Advocate Momtazuddin Fakir who appeared in the court hearing on behalf of Md Arash Ali and others said the EC on December 12 cancelled the candidatures of the party's aspirants on some grounds.
The EC notified about this decision through a letter signed by Mahbub Alam Shah, deputy secretary of the Election Commission, said the lawyer.
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