SC clears way to hold bar council polls
The Supreme Court has paved the way for holding elections to Bangladesh Bar Council, the licensing authority for allowing legal practice to lawyers, on May 28.
Chamber judge of the Appellate Division of SC yesterday halted a High Court order that earlier stayed the process for holding the bar council elections, with a direction to correct its voters' lists 15 days before the date of polling.
Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order following a writ petition filed by the bar council authorities on April 29 seeking stay on the HC order.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told The Daily Star that there is no legal bar to hold the council elections on May 28 to executive 14 posts as per the schedule following the SC chamber judge's order.
In response to another writ petition, the HC on April 26 stayed process for holding the scheduled elections for four weeks.
Four SC lawyers, including Mohammad Saleh Uddin, jointly filed the writ petition seeking a stay order from the HC on holding the elections, saying that the voter's list of the bar council is "faulty."
The HC on April 26 also issued a rule upon the bar council chairman, vice chairman and secretary to explain in four weeks why the election with "faulty" voter list should not be declared illegal.
Additional Attorney General MK Rahman appeared for the bar council authorities, while Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali stood for the writ petitioner.
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