Judge embarrassed to hear Moudud's plea
A High Court judge yesterday felt embarrassed to hear a petition filed by former BNP law minister Moudud Ahmed challenging the legality of the trial proceedings of Niko corruption case against him.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, who led a HC division bench, felt embarrassed citing his personal difficulties.
Now the bench will send the petition to the chief justice and after receiving the petition Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha will assign another bench for its hearing, Anti Corruption Commission lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star. Earlier on December 1 last year, the HC stayed the trial proceedings against Moudud in the case and issued a rule asking the ACC and the government to explain as to why the proceedings against Moudud should not be quashed.
On December 11, the Appellate Division upheld the HC order and asked the HC bench led by Justice M Enayetur Rahim to hear and dispose of the rule by January 19. The ACC filed the case in December, 2007 over charges that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and several others had abused power to award a gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian company Niko when she was the prime minister between 2001 and 2006. Moudud was among the accused in the case.
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