Corruption Cases
Submit list of officials by July 12, HC asks ACC
The High Court has directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to submit a list of the public servants, who have been taken into custody or granted bail in connection with corruption cases, before it by July 12.
In response to a writ petition, the court also asked the ACC to submit a report stating the present position of the cases filed by the commission against them to it within this period.
An HC bench also issued a rule upon the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to suspend the public servants in question.
The bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar came up with order and rule on May 13 after hearing the petition jointly filed by six Supreme Court lawyers.
The lawyers, including Mohammod Hossain and Shamsul Haque, filed the petition on May 13 as a public interest litigation seeking a direction from the HC on the government to suspend the public servants taken into custody or granted bail in connection with the cases filed by ACC
Petitioners' counsel Mohammod Hossain told The Daily Star that the HC had asked the ACC to submit the list and report in two weeks from the date of passing the order and accordingly the ACC has to comply with the order by July 12. He said they got the copy of HC order on May 24.
The counsel said the ACC had requested the cabinet secretary to take steps to put all public servants, who have been charge sheeted by ACC, under suspension, and accordingly the cabinet division had asked all the ministries and departments to put the charge sheeted public servants under suspension.
But the ministry of public administration could not inform the petitioners as to whether any such public servant had been suspended through they issued a legal notice on April 12, he added.
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