Hearing adjourned again

The High Court (HC) yesterday again adjourned for one week the hearing on the bail petitions filed by some politicians who were earlier convicted in absentia in corruption cases.
Following a time prayer moved by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, the HC bench of Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Huq and Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury fixed February 17 as the date for hearing on the matters.
Mahbubey Alam told the court that he needed time for taking preparations to make arguments on the petitions before this court.
Earlier on February 4, the court fixed February 10 for hearing the submissions from the attorney general on the matters, since he was abroad at that time.
On February 3, the HC bench concluded the hearing of the submissions made by the petitioners' counsels.
The politicians, including former Awami League lawmaker Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Jatiya Party (Manju) Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju, former BNP lawmaker Nadim Mostafa and former finance minister M Saifur Rahman's son Shafiur Rahman Babu, filed the petitions for bail.