Editorial
HC again upholds rule of law
Taher's place vindicated
The highest court of justice has once again upheld the principle of due process of law. It has contributed also to set right a distortion of law and consequently of history. By its verdict Tuesday, it has once again brought to the fore how an illegal government can subvert the constitutional and due legal process of law by resorting to illegal means to fulfil its selfish ends.
We can draw a clear guideline from the HC verdict that any attempt at subverting the constitution and the due process of law ultimately boomerangs on the authors of such extralegal deeds. And the HC's judgement here has only brought to light the truth that those at the helm at that time had tried to bury under a deluge of lies.
Even earlier, the HC through another historic verdict provided guidance to the nation by invalidating usurpation of state power through extra-constitutional method and all acts derived from that illegitimate authority including martial law and whatever followed in exercise of that illegally acquired power. And this all goes to reiterate the truism that it is preposterous to expect any justice or good to follow from an authority devoid of any legal basis.
The illegal authority that grabbed state power at that time had through a travesty of trial in a fake military tribunal in 1976 had not only denied Col Taher justice, but also committed a judicial murder.
Through this HC verdict, therefore, the constitution has been strengthened and the rule of law upheld by exposing the farcical tribunal and the trial that made the vain attempt at robbing a patriot and freedom fighter of his due honour and place in history.
Now Col Taher's place in history has been restored in full glory.
We also think that this verdict greatly strengthens constitutional government and discredits military coups and grabbing of state power by ambitious generals. The present verdict along with the two previous ones should rid Bangladesh, for all times to come, any prospects of extra-constitutional adventure.
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