SC to hear ACC petition in Boropukuria graft case against Khaleda today
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
An Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) application for staying operation of the High Court (HC) orders halting proceedings of the Boropukuria coalmine graft case against former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will be heard by the Appellate Division today (Wednesday), reports UNB.
The ACC application came up for hearing on Tuesday's cause list. But it was a long haul to reach that point when the court rose for the day, court sources said.
On October 16, the HC stayed for three months the proceedings of the coalmine graft case against Khaleda, who came out from jail on bail in all the four cases filed against her, as also against many other bigwigs, during the post-1/11 crackdown on the political arena.
Passing the interim order of stay, a division bench comprising Justice Syed M Dastagir Husain and Justice Farid Ahmed had issued rule upon the ACC to explain why the case against Khaleda "should not be quashed".
The HC orders came after hearing both sides on a quashing petition filed by Khaleda against the coalmine case in which she is the principal accused.
On October 5, the ACC submitted charge-sheet in the case against the former Prime Minister, her 10 former cabinet colleagues and five bureaucrats.
The ACC application came up for hearing on Tuesday's cause list. But it was a long haul to reach that point when the court rose for the day, court sources said.
On October 16, the HC stayed for three months the proceedings of the coalmine graft case against Khaleda, who came out from jail on bail in all the four cases filed against her, as also against many other bigwigs, during the post-1/11 crackdown on the political arena.
Passing the interim order of stay, a division bench comprising Justice Syed M Dastagir Husain and Justice Farid Ahmed had issued rule upon the ACC to explain why the case against Khaleda "should not be quashed".
The HC orders came after hearing both sides on a quashing petition filed by Khaleda against the coalmine case in which she is the principal accused.
On October 5, the ACC submitted charge-sheet in the case against the former Prime Minister, her 10 former cabinet colleagues and five bureaucrats.