SC Vandalism Case
Proceedings suspended for a year
Unb, Dhaka
The High Court yesterday suspended for a year the proceedings of the case filed against some eminent lawyers, including Dr Kamal Hossain, in connection with the violence on the Supreme Court premises over the caretaker government issue.A division bench, headed by Justice MA Wahhab Mian, upon a petition, passed the order. Earlier, the court had stayed for five weeks the case proceedings and issued a rule upon the government to explain why the case should not be quashed. On November 30 last year, violence erupted on the SC premises as the then chief justice stayed the proceedings of three writ petitions minutes before a High Court bench was to issue a rule on one writ challenging the legality of the president's takeover as chief adviser to the caretaker government. Barrister Omar Sadat, son-in-law of BNP leader and former minister Shahjahan Siraj, had filed the criminal case with the CMM Court. In the case, eminent lawyers, including Dr Kamal Hossain, M Amir-Ul Islam and Rokanuddin Mahmud, have been accused of vandalising the offices of chief justice and attorney general and thereby 'disturbing court proceedings'.
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