Staff Reporter :
An application has been submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against retired judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik, accusing him of concealing the information of his dual citizenship. A lawyer of the Supreme Court submitted the application to the ACC on Wednesday, a day after another lawyer of the SC submitted application to the President praying for cancellation of judgeship of the controversial retired Justice for his controversial behaviours and activities.
Advocate Zulfikar Ali submitted the application to the ACC with request to investigate the matter of the dual citizenship.
In his application, the lawyer said that Justice Manik was not eligible to be judge of the Supreme Court, as a dual citizenship holder. He has been exercising all the facilities from the British government as a dual citizen, while he also served as judge in the High Court and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court as Bangladeshi citizen.
“Justice Manik, however, became the SC judge concealing the information, as he did not mention it in the documents provided during his oath as a judge of the High Court. It is a punitive offense according to the existing law,” said the lawyer.
Meanwhile, Advocate Md Mozammel Haque, the lawyer who submitted the application to the President on Tuesday, said that he would file a writ petition with the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of judgeship of Justice Manik if any initiative is not taken against him.
