Mamun's bail stayed by SC
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stayed for a month the High Court (HC) orders that granted bail to controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun in three extortion cases staying the case proceedings against him.
Meanwhile, the HC yesterday granted ad interim bail for three months to former state minister for planning Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir in a tax evasion case filed by the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
Following the filing of separate stay petitions by the government, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division MA Matin asked the government to file regular leave to appeals with the SC against the HC orders within the period.
Assistant Attorney General Khalequzzaman moved three separate petitions at the court of the chamber judge seeking a stay on the HC orders that granted bail to Mamun and stayed the proceedings of the three cases filed against him with the Gulshan Police Station last year.
CASE AGAINST MOHIUDDIN
After hearing a writ petition filed by Mohiuddin, an HC bench of justices ABM Khairul Haque and Md Abdul Hye stayed the proceedings of the case and issued a ruling upon the government to explain why the initiation and continuation of the case should not be declared illegal.
NBR Additional Assistant Tax Commissioner AKM Shahadat Hossain on September 21 filed a case with the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court against Alamgir on charge of evading Tk 53.44 lakh in income tax from 2002 to 2007.
In his complaint, the plaintiff mentioned that Alamgir had concealed information about his wealth worth Tk 21,258,602 from the NBR department and evaded Tk 5,344,671 in income tax from 2002 to 2007.
Alamgir, accused in a number of cases, recently filed a writ petition with the HC challenging the legality of the case proceedings against him.
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