A petition has been filed with the Supreme Court seeking a stay on a High Court order that cleared the way for GM Quader to perform duties as Jatiya Party chairman.

Ziaul Haque Mridha, a former JP lawmaker, submitted the petition through his lawyer Helal Uddin yesterday.

Mridha's principal lawyer Mohammad Sayeed Ahmed Raza told The Daily Star that the chamber judge may hold a hearing on Sunday.

Citing the petition, he said the HC passed the order without hearing arguments from Mridha.

On February 5, the HC stayed for eight weeks a Dhaka court order that on January 19 prohibited GM Quader from taking part in any activities of Jatiya Party.

It also issued a rule asking Mridha and other authorities concerned to explain why the Dhaka court order should not be scrapped.

Mridha, also a former adviser to the JP chief, was removed from the party on September 17 last year.