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SC rules Monday on appeals against 3 Hasina vedicts

Sunday, 26 August 2007


The Supreme Court rules Monday on government petitions against the High Court order granting bail to Sheikh Hasina in two extortion cases and the stay on the Anticorruption Commission (ACC) notice on her. The appeals court Sunday closed hearing on the petitions on whether it would accept appeals against in the High Court verdicts. Joint forces arrested Hasina on July 16 after businessmen Azam Jahangir Chowdhury and Noor Ali filed the extortion cases against the former prime minister. The court also completed hearing on a similar government petition against the High Court order granting bail to former FBCCI president Abdul Awal Mintoo. The six-member Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court, headed by chief justice Md Ruhul Amin, set Monday for delivering verdict on the four "leave to appeal" petitions. Updates 2 with more details