Verdict on writ petitions against CHT agreement today
The High Court (HC) is scheduled to deliver the verdict today on the long pending writ petitions that challenged the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) peace agreement and its provisions.
At the end of the hearing on the petitions on March 23, the HC bench of Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury fixed April 12 (today) for delivering the judgement.
Badiuzzaman, a Bangalee settler in CHT, and Tajul Islam, a pro-Jamaat lawyer, filed the writ petitions in 2000 and 2007.
Following the writ petitions, the HC had issued separate rules asking the government to explain why the CHT peace deal and its provisions should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.
On December 2 in 1997, the previous Awami League government signed the peace agreement with Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) leader Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma.
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