Stay order on chess fed polls

A high court division bench yesterday passed an order to halt the election of Bangladesh Chess Federation (BCF) for three months after Golden Chess Club's advisor Mohammad Sarwar Hossain filed a writ petition alleging irregularities on voters' list.

The court issued the order on Wednesday but the certified copy was issued yesterday.

The court also issued a rule asking the sports secretary, chairman, director (planning and development) of the national sports council, the election commissioner of the polls asking why the voters' list should not be declared to have been issued without lawful authority and to be of no legal effect. The responders were asked to reply within three weeks.

The BCF polls were scheduled to be held tomorrow.