bdnews24.com :
The Supreme Court Appellate Division has postponed a hearing of the appeal by the Election Commission against the High Court’s freeze on the Dhaka North City Corporation by-elections for mayor and councillor seats. A four-member bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain postponed the hearing on Thursday based on a plea for more time by the EC’s representatives. The plea was made by Advocate-on-Record Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman in the absence of EC Senior
Lawyer Fida M Kamal. A High Court bench passed the stay order on Jan 17, halting the elections for six months, after two Union Parishad chairmen filed petitions. They issued a rule asking why the Election Commission’s schedule for the mayoral bypolls and councillor elections in the new 18 wards should not be declared beyond the legal purview.
The commission declared the election schedule on Jan 9 following the death of former Dhaka North mayor Annisul Huq on Nov 30, 2017. Ataur Rahman and Jahangir Alam, the chairmen of Bhatara and Beraid union councils respectively, challenged the schedule in court on Tuesday. Their union councils are now city corporation wards. Ataur and Jahangir are general secretaries of Bhatara and Beraid unit of the BNP and the Awami League respectively. Lawyer Ahsan Habib Bhuiyan, who represented Ataur, told bdnews24.com the EC set Jan 18 as the deadline for filing nominations, but the electoral roll was yet to be published.
The Supreme Court Appellate Division has postponed a hearing of the appeal by the Election Commission against the High Court’s freeze on the Dhaka North City Corporation by-elections for mayor and councillor seats. A four-member bench led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain postponed the hearing on Thursday based on a plea for more time by the EC’s representatives. The plea was made by Advocate-on-Record Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman in the absence of EC Senior
Lawyer Fida M Kamal. A High Court bench passed the stay order on Jan 17, halting the elections for six months, after two Union Parishad chairmen filed petitions. They issued a rule asking why the Election Commission’s schedule for the mayoral bypolls and councillor elections in the new 18 wards should not be declared beyond the legal purview.
The commission declared the election schedule on Jan 9 following the death of former Dhaka North mayor Annisul Huq on Nov 30, 2017. Ataur Rahman and Jahangir Alam, the chairmen of Bhatara and Beraid union councils respectively, challenged the schedule in court on Tuesday. Their union councils are now city corporation wards. Ataur and Jahangir are general secretaries of Bhatara and Beraid unit of the BNP and the Awami League respectively. Lawyer Ahsan Habib Bhuiyan, who represented Ataur, told bdnews24.com the EC set Jan 18 as the deadline for filing nominations, but the electoral roll was yet to be published.
