SC adjourns hearing on appeal of Tarique
The Supreme Court yesterday adjourned till today the hearing on an appeal filed by BNP leader Tarique Rahman against a High Court verdict over filing a money laundering case against him.
The HC on September 29 last year rejected a writ petition filed by Tarique, senior vice-chairman of BNP, challenging the proceedings of the case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case on October 26, 2009 with a Dhaka court against Tarique and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun on charges of illegally sending Tk 20.41 crore to Singapore between 2003 and 2007.
An Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque yesterday passed the adjournment order after holding hearing on the leave-to-appeal petition filed by Tarique against the HC verdict.
The next hearing on the appeal will be held on February 9 if the SC does not sit today and tomorrow due to countrywide hartal called by BNP, and Saraswati Puja, Advocate Khursid Alam Khan, a lawyer for ACC, told The Daily Star.
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