HC order over DDFA election stayed

A chamber judge of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed a High Court order that stayed Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF)'s election-postponement letter to Dhaka Divisional Football Association.

"The order we got from the High Court on June 10 has been stayed for 16 weeks by the chamber judge following an appeal from the BFF. The attorney general moved for the football federation," said lawyer Khurshed Alam Khan, who moved for petitioner Shaheenul Hossain Bhuiyan.

"We told the court that country's football has been held hostage by three persons.

"Now the letter of BFF issued on March 10 to Dhaka divisional football association will remain in force," Khan said. "We will seek to vacate the order but it is only possible in regular court, not in virtual court."

A high court bench, on June 10, stayed the operation of BFF's 'impugned letter' for 30 days while show-causing the BFF president and general secretary asking why the 'impugned letter' should not be declared illegal after Shaheenul, the newly-elected president of Dhaka DFA, filed a virtual writ petition the previous day.