HC to hear opinions of amici curiae tomorrow

The High Court will hear expert opinions of the amici curiae (friends of court) tomorrow on the legality of the formation of a parliamentary body to investigate corruption allegations against former speaker Jamiruddin Sircar.
A special HC division bench of Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Justice Borhan Uddin recently fixed the date for the hearing. The bench earlier appointed Barrister Rafique-Ul Huq, Advocate Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan and Dr M Zahir as amici curiae.
The court appointed the amici curiae on September 3 during the hearing on a writ petition by Sircar challenging the legality of formation of the parliamentary probe body.
On August 17, Sircar filed the writ petition urging the HC to issue a rule upon the government, and to stay the proceedings and recommendations made by the parliamentary sub-committee with regard to the allegations of corruption against him.
The sub-committee was formed on March 19 this year to conduct an enquiry into alleged corruption in the parliament secretariat in the last seven years.