FFs' Election

SC stays HC verdict for 8 more weeks

7 June 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stayed for another eight weeks a High Court (HC) verdict that restricted holding elections to district and upazila units of Muktijoddha Sangsad Command Council (MSCC) on June 26. Chamber judge of the Appellate Division Justice Md Muzammel Hossain yesterday passed the order of stay following a government petition seeking extension of its June 2 order that stayed the HC verdict for only seven days. Deputy Attorney General Motahar Hossain Sazu told The Daily Star that there is no bar to hold elections to central, district and upazila units of MSCC on June 26, following the SC order. Following a writ petition filed by Yusuf Ali and M Shahabuddin, two freedom fighters, the HC on May 26 delivered a verdict cancelling the schedule for holding elections to district and upazila units on June 26. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam appeared for the government, while Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru argued for MSCC and Barrister Masood R Sobhan stood for the writ petitioners.