Corruption allegation against EC: 42 eminent citizens urge President to constitute Supreme Judicial Council Star Online Report Star Online Report
A group of 42 distinguished citizens have urged the President to constitute the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to investigate the allegations of financial irregularities, corruption and gross election-related misconduct against the present Election Commission under the leadership of Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda.
They made the request collectively through submitting a letter to President Md Abdul Hamid on December 14 to constitute the SJC under Article 96 of the constitution.
The SJC is constituted comprising the chief justice and two other senior-most judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in order to probe allegations against SC judges and other constitutional post holders and to recommend his or her removal for misconduct or incapacity.
Citing the stay petition, the lawyer said Aslamul Haque s companies have obtained all relevant clearance certificates required for establishing industries, and they have not grabbed land of any river.
In addition to submitting the stay petition to the Appellate Division, Aslamul Haque has also lodged cases with the civil courts, seeking remedy on the same issue, he said.
Lawyer Ozi Ullah could not say specifically when the hearing of the stay petition will be held.
Meanwhile, the National River Conservation Commission s (NRCC) lawyer Manzill Murshid told this correspondent that he received a copy of the petition filed by Aslamul Haque on December 12, challenging the HC verdict.
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B’desh: 22 appeals of 1971 war criminals pending
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Dhaka, Dec 17 (IANS) Two International Crimes Tribunals (ICT) of Bangladesh has so far delivered verdicts in 41 cases filed in connection with crimes against humanity committed during the liberation war in 1971.
After the verdicts, 39 appeals have been filed with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Among those 22 appeals of the death sentenced convicted are pending due to Covid-19 pandemic, Zed Al Malum, Prosecutor (Admin) of ICT of Bangladesh, told IANS on Wednesday.
There is no provision to dispose the appeals virtually. Therefore, the review of the appeals is totally uncertain for the pandemic situation as it is not mandatory to review anytime, he said.
Kajol all set to be free at last
HC grants the journo, out of home for 280 days, bail in two cases Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
After photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol was found near the Indian border in the middle of the night 53 days after his disappearance, his family thought he would be coming home soon.
Kajol s son went to Jashore to bring him, while his wife and daughter waited in Dhaka.
Then as the day progressed, the photojournalist was suddenly whisked off to jail, under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The police informed the court that he was being arrested since he was facing three cases under the Digital Security Act (DSA) filed separately by a lawmaker and two activists of Jubo Mahila League.