Hearing On SCBA's Room Const
Pro-BNP lawyers express no confidence in court
A section of pro-BNP lawyers yesterday created a chaotic situation during a hearing on a suomoto rule at a High Court bench, shouting in obscene language.
After the hearing, the bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain directed Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) not to allocate rooms constructed on its building's roof to lawyers for next three months.
The bench also asked SCBA not to make any financial transactions to allot the rooms. It also issued a rule upon authorities to explain within a week why they should not be directed to refrain from allotting the rooms and from collecting money from anybody for this purpose.
The pro-BNP lawyers led by SCBA President Khandker Mahbub Hossain and its Secretary Bodruddoza Badal yesterday also expressed no confidence in the bench, saying that they will not get justice from it.
The lawyers requested the bench to drop the matter from its hearing-list or to adjourn the hearing.
When the judges held the hearing and passed the order defying their request, they left the courtroom chanting slogans against the judges in obscene language, creating tension at the court premises.
The bench on March 6 issued a suomoto order directing Public Works Department to immediately stop SCBA from constructing rooms on its building's roof.
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