Pro-BNP lawyers protest CJ's move
Pro-BNP faction of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will stage a sit-in before the Supreme Court office of chief justice from 1:15pm to 2:00pm today protesting the CJ's recent move to fix cases for hearing and to constitute some benches in the High Court.
The association leaders took the decision at an urgent general meeting with its president Khandker Mahbub Hossain in the chair at its south hall yesterday.
SC sources said Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque has recently classified some cases for their disposal on priority basis to reduce the huge backlog of cases pending in the HC, and has constituted some of its benches for their early hearing.
Senior lawyers Abdur Razzaq, Zainul Abedin, and SCBA Secretary Bodruddoza Badal spoke at the meeting.
Advocate Moshafqur Rahman Sabuj, a leader of ruling Awami League-backed faction of the SCBA, said they will not attend the sit-in.
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