Hold bar council polls July 18
Orders SC
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday directed the authorities concerned to hold the election of Bangladesh Bar Council on July 18.
The six-member bench of the Appellate Division of SC, headed by Justice SK Sinha, passed the order after disposing of three petitions filed against three High Court (HC) orders that ¬stayed the process for holding the election for one month.
Citing the SC order, Additional Attorney General MK Rahman told The Daily Star that June 26 is the last date for submitting nomination papers by the candidates, June 28 is last day for scrutiny of nomination papers and July 5 is the last date for withdrawal of candidatures.
Earlier, the election was scheduled to be held on June 17.
But, the HC on June 5, following three separate writ petitions, stayed the process for holding the polls for one month and also issued separate rules upon the bar council authorities to explain why they should not be directed to remove the anomalies before holding the election.
Secretary to the bar council recently filed separate petitions with the SC challenging the HC orders.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam appeared for the bar council secretary.
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