UP Candidates
HC rule on EC, govt
The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule upon the Election Commission (EC) and government to explain within two weeks why they should not be directed to collect the details of the union parishad election candidates.
The details include academic qualification, profession, source of income, criminal records, if any, and other issues of the candidates.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Md Delwar Hossain issued the rule upon a public interest writ petition jointly filed by seven eminent citizens.
The petitioners are Badiul Alam Majumder of Shujon, columnist Syed Abul Maksud, former IGP ASM Shahjahan, AQM Shafiq Ullah, Manoranjan Mandol, Rasheda Akter and Suria Begum.
They filed the petition on Sunday challenging the legality of the failure of the EC and government in framing any rules for the candidates of union parishads to disclose their personal antecedents.
The EC and the secretaries to the EC secretariat and the ministry of law, justice and parliamentary affairs have been made respondents to the rule.
Barrister Sara Hossain and Barrister Ashraful Hadi appeared for the petitioner.
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