SC stays HC order allowing Adarsha’s Boi Mela participation

Publishing house Adarsha cannot run their stall in the ongoing Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed a High Court order that had earlier ordered Bangla Academy to allow their participation.

A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, passed the order following a petition filed by Bangla Academy seeking a stay on the HC order. 

Two other judges of the bench are Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim.

The apex court, however, asked the HC to hold a hearing and dispose of the rule that questioned the legality of Bangla Academy's decision not to allow Adarsha to participate in the Boi Mela, said Mintu Kumar Mondal, lawyer for Bangla Academy.