Lawyer Mamun apologises to SC

Advocate Syed Mamun Mahbub yesterday offered unconditional apology to the Supreme Court for posting a derogatory status about Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and the judiciary on Facebook on August 11.

Syed Mamun Mahbub, an SC lawyer, virtually appeared before a full bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by the chief justice yesterday morning and apologised unconditionally to it during hearing on a contempt of court rule.

Syed Mamun Mahbub told the apex court that he had unintendedly and mistakenly used a word while posting a status on his Facebook and he deleted it from the platform.

After hearing on the issue, the Appellate Division fixed August 23 on the contempt of court rule.

Several lawyers including senior counsels M Amir-Ul Islam, Rokanuddin Mahmud, Zainul Abedin, AJ Mohammad Ali and AM Amin Uddin appeared for Syed Mamun Mahbub while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Additional Attorney General Murad Reza represented the state during the virtual proceedings yesterday.

On August 12, the apex court summoned Advocate Mamun to appear before it on August 20 for posting a derogatory status about Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and the judiciary on his Facebook account on August 11. The top court issued a rule asking the lawyer to explain why contempt of court proceedings should not be brought against him for posting the status.

The apex court also prohibited Syed Mamun Mahbub to practise in any court until its further order.

The Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain came up with the order and rule after Attorney General Mahbubey Alam placed the issue before the bench.