HC verdict today

The High Court (HC) will deliver verdict today on the writ petition seeking to protect and maintain historic places related to the War of Liberation.
The HC bench of Justice ABM Khairul Haque and Justice M Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed fixed the date for delivering the judgment on completion of hearing on the petition yesterday.
Freedom fighters Maj Gen (Retd) KM Safiullah Bir Uttam and Prof Muntasir Mamun have jointly filed the petition as public interest litigation (PIL).
They sought directions from the HC upon the government to take steps for protecting and maintaining the historic places at Suhrawardy Udyan where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his historic speech on March 7 in 1971 and Pakistani army surrendered to the Joint Command Forces of the Mukti Bahini (freedom fighters) on December 16, 1971.
The HC bench yesterday heard statements from the petitioners.
Safiullah and Prof Muntasir told the court that the places where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had delivered the historic speech and Pakistani army had surrendered are historically important as the great liberation war started and the independence and victory achieved from those places.
The places, which involve the sentiment and emotion of Bangalees, are the part and parcel of the history of the War of Liberation, they said, adding that no steps have been taken so far to protect the places.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam argued before the court, supporting the writ petition.
Besides, vice chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder and president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Advocate AFM Mesbahuddin placed submissions supporting the statements of the petitioners.