HC questions EC decision not to disclose party finances
The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of the Election Commission's (EC) decision to not make public audited financial reports of registered political parties without the latter's permission.
It also fixed April 15 to hear on a rule it issued upon the EC and the Information Commission (IC) to explain in four weeks why the EC decision should not be declared illegal.
The rule came following a writ petition filed with it by six distinguished citizens, including Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik Secretary Badiul Alam Majumder, on January 27.
Initially, Badiul had lodged a complaint with the IC under the Right to Information Act, 2009 challenging the EC decision of 2013, the petitioners' lawyer Tanim Hussain Shawon told The Daily Star.
When the IC rejected it upholding the EC decision, Badiul again filed a petition to review the dismissal, only to be rejected again.
The six had filed the HC petition challenging the second IC rejection, he added.
The remaining petitioners are M Hafiz Uddin Khan, ASM Shahjahan, Syed Abul Maksud, Prof Tofail Ahmed and Ali Imam Majumder. The HC bench comprises Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo.
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