Remark on Former Chief Justice
Pro-AL lawyers warn Khaleda of legal action
Pro-Awami League lawyers yesterday warned of legal action if BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia does not withdraw her statement about former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in 15 days.
On August 31, Khaleda said at a city programme that the former chief justice had nullified the caretaker government system for money.
Bangladesh Bar Council Vice-chairman Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder said, “Khaleda Zia has to withdraw her adverse remarks about Justice Khairul Haque in 15 days. Otherwise, we will take tough course of action including legal steps against her”.
Baset was addressing a press conference at Supreme Court Bar Association yesterday, organised by four pro-AL lawyers' associations -- Bangladesh Awami Ainjibi Parishad, Bangabandhu Ainjibi Parishad, Gonotantrik Ainjibi Samity, and Jatiya Ainjibi Parishad.
Nurul Islam Sujan, an AL lawmaker and Supreme Court lawyer, said Khaleda's remark about Khairul is tantamount to contempt of court. She made the comments as Khairul termed Ziaur Rahman "an usurper of state power" in Fifth Amendment case verdict, he said.
Sujan said at least 31 Supreme Court judges had taken money from the prime minister's relief fund since 1999 till the date for medical treatment following lawful process, and Justice Khairul followed the similar legal procedure in taking money.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said Khaleda made the falsehood against the former chief justice in order to taint his image.
AL leader Yusuf Hossain Humayun, former High Court judge Munsurul Hoque Chowdhury, former SCBA secretary SM Rezaul Karim, Additional Attorneys General MK Rahman and Murad Reza, Advocate Azharullah Bhuiyan, and Advocate Sheikh Akhterul Islam, among others, were present at the press conference.
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