Contempt of Court
SC lawyer faces suo moto rule
Staff Correspondent
A High Court (HC) bench yesterday issued a suo moto contempt rule on a Supreme Court (SC) lawyer asking him to explain within a week why he should not be prosecuted for contempt of court and be punished in accordance with law.The bench also ordered the accused lawyer Sheikh Awsafur Rahman not to appear before it with any of his cases until disposal of the rule. The HC division bench following a newspaper report placed before the bench by Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kajal, member-secretary of the Caucus of Young Legal Professionals, issued the contempt rule against Awsafur. The Daily Sangram ran a report yesterday headlined "Awami lawyer's audacity on November 30" alleging that Awsafur misbehaved with Justice AKM Asaduzzaman in his courtroom on that day.
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