The High Court on Tuesday stayed a trial court order that issued injunction on holding the election of the executive committee of "Chandni Chawk Business Forum" which was scheduled for September 24 last.
The HC bench of Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury passed the order after hearing a civil revision petition filed by the Business Forum.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam in person and Advocate AM Aminuddin appeared in the court on behalf of the Business Forum while Advocate Yousuf Hossain Humayun, Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan and Barrister Sanzid Siddique stood for the civil petition.
On September 19 last, the judge of the senior assistant judge court-1 of Dhaka Begum Kaniz Tania Rupa issued injunction on holding the election of the executive committee of the Forum.
The court passed the order after hearing a civil petition filed by 20 businessmen, including Md Jabedur Rahman, of Chandni Chawk market.
The election commission, formed for holding the poll, published the final voters' list on September 4, 2019, for holding the election on September 24.
Names of Md Jabedur Rahman and 19 other businessmen of the market were excluded from the voter list, said the complainants, who filed the petition seeking temporary injunction on holding the election to the executive committee of the business forum of Chandni Chawk, one of the prominent markets in the capital.
Following an appeal petition, on September 24, judge of district & sessions judge court of Dhaka upheld the order of the senior assistant judge court-1 of Dhaka.
HC stays injunction on Chandni Chawk traders' poll
FE REPORT | Published: October 02, 2019 20:47:06
HC stays injunction on Chandni Chawk traders' poll
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