HC drops Khaleda's petition from hearing list

A High Court bench yesterday dropped from its hearing list a petition by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging proceedings against her in the Zia Orphanage Trust case.
The bench of Justice Mohammad Anwarul Haque and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque dropped the plea.
Zahirul Hoque, who was an additional attorney general before becoming an HC judge, had argued against Khaleda in the case.
The HC on October 15, 2009, issued a rule on the government and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to explain why the proceedings against Khaleda in the case should not be scrapped.
The petition came up in the cause list yesterday for final hearing.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and ACC counsel Khurshid Alam Khan requested the bench to drop the petition, saying Justice Hoque is now one of two judges of the bench.
Khurshid Alam said a different bench will now hear the petition.
The ACC filed the case against Khaleda, her son Tarique Rahman and five others on July 3, 2009, with Ramna Police Station in connection with embezzling of over Tk 2.10 crore by forming the "fake" organisation Zia Orphanage Trust.
Both Khaleda and Tarique got bail from the HC in the case.