HC stay on gazette

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking its directive on the chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council not to issue a gazette notification on the results of its elections held on August 26.

Eunus Ali Akond, a Supreme Court lawyer who contested the election but failed to win, submitted the petition praying to the HC to issue a rule upon the bar council chairman to explain as to why he should not be directed to count the ballot papers of the polls.

In the petition, he said the bar council chairman had to count all the ballots received from various polling centers across the country after the August 26 elections as per rule 15 (2) bar council law.

But Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, who is the chairman of the council, declared the election result on September 3 on the basis of tabulations received from the presiding officer of the polling centers without following the bar council rules.

The HC may hold hearing on the petition today, Deputy Attorney General Motaher Hossain Sazu told The Daily Star.

According to the official result, the ruling Awami League backed lawyers' panel Sammilito Ainjibi Samannoy Parishad Parishad won 11 posts of executive members in the elections, while pro-BNP lawyer forum Jatiyatabadi Oikya Panel got three posts.