Contempt of Court Against Mahmudur
Next hearing on August 16
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday adjourned the hearing till August 16 on a contempt of court petition against detained Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of the daily Amar Desh, and four journalists of the daily.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim gave the order after the jail authorities again produced detained Mahmudur Rahman before the SC yesterday as per its earlier directive.
The four journalists -- publisher of the newspaper Hashmat Ali, deputy editor Syed Abdal Ahmed, news editor Mujtahid Faruqui and staff reporter Aliullah Noman also appeared before it yesterday in connection with the petition.
The court also asked the authorities to further produce Mahmudur before it during the next hearing on August 16
The four journalists of the Amar Desh also have to appear before the court during the next hearing, although they yesterday submitted a petition to it offering unconditional apology for publishing the news item.
But Mahmudur on July 8 told the court through his lawyers he will contest the contempt of court petition filed against him.
Lawyers Riaz Uddin Khan and Mynul Hassan jointly filed the petition on May 2 for publishing a report in his daily with the headline “Chamber manei sarkar pakkhe stay” meaning “Chamber bench means stay order in favour of the government” on April 21.
Earlier on July 8, Mahmudur was produced before this court in the same connection.
During yesterday's hearing petitioners' lawyer Additional Attorney General MK Rahman read out the news item before the court.
Barrister Rafiqul Huq, barrister Moudud Ahmed and barrister Abdur Razzaq appeared for the journalists.
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