HC summons Bhurungamari AC land

The High Court yesterday summoned the assistant commissioner (land) of Bhurungamari upazila in Kurigram to appear before it on December 27, for punishing a senior lawyer over a trifling matter while the latter was conducting a mobile court as an executive magistrate in Dinajpur.

Biroda Rani Roy, the AC (land) of Bhurungamari, will have to appear before the HC bench of Justice Md Habibul Gani and Justice KM Kamrul Kader to explain her role.

Biroda on December 12 fined Advocate Nirod Bihari Roy, 60, a member of Dinajpur Bar Association, Tk 500 and ordered that in default to pay the fine Nirod has to suffer in jail for one day.

There was an argument between Nirod and Biroda over sitting at the office of the latter during hearing a local case. At that time, Biroda was the AC-land in Birganj upazila.

Biroda was reportedly later transferred to Bhurungamari on the demand from Dinajpur lawyers.

A report was published in different newspapers on the incident including a news portal.

Yesterday, Supreme Court lawyers Syed Mohidul Kabir and Kazi Helal Uddin placed the news report before the HC bench for necessary order. Issuing a suomoto (voluntary) rule, the HC also ordered Advocate Binod Bihari and news portal editor Dr Bodrul Hasan Kochi to remain present before it on December 27, Advocate Mohidul Kabir told The Daily Star.