Stay on DCC polls extended again
The High Court yesterday once again extended its stay order on holding the elections to bifurcate Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) by three months, until April 8, as the authorities neither implemented nor replied to its directives.
The HC bench extended the stay order after holding hearing on a petition filed by Manzill Murshid, president of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB).
In the petition, the HRPB chief sought extension of the previous stay order as the Election Commission had not fulfilled the legal procedures for holding the polls.
Earlier, on April 16, 2012, the HC directed the EC to update the city corporations' voter lists and determine the number of wards and councilors with assistance of government authorities three months before the polls and also stayed the election for three months.
The EC on April 9, 2012, scheduled the polls for both the north and south city corporations for May 24 in the same year.
The HC on July 23, 2012 for the first time extended its stay order for three months while on October 8 it again extended the previous stay order.
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