SC verdict on leave to appeal today
The Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its verdict today on the leave to appeal filed by 29 sitting High Court judges against the HC verdict directing the government to reappoint 10 additional judges with seniority.
The matter has been enlisted in today's cause list of the apex court, sources said.
The 10 additional judges were appointed during the previous Awami League government but their appointment was not confirmed during the rule of BNP-Jamaat alliance government.
After concluding the hearing on the appeal on February 26, the five-member full bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice MM Ruhul Amin fixed March 2 (today) as the date for delivering the order.
On July 29 last year, the SC upon separate petitions filed by then caretaker government and 19 HC judges stayed the HC judgement and asked the petitioners to file regular leave to appeals with the SC against the HC judgement.
Later, 10 other HC judges became party along with the 19 judges against the HC verdict.
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