Staff Reporter :
Executive Magistrates can continue to conduct mobile courts as the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its stay order on a High Court (HC) verdict, declaring mobile courts unconstitutional, until it disposes of the three leave to appeal petitions filed by the government.
The appeals were lodged against a HC verdict that last year declared unconstitutional the rules under which the Executive Magistrates conduct the mobile courts.
The SC on Tuesday also allowed the government to move the three appeals in the Appellate Division and fixed February 13 for hearing the appeals.
A five-member Bench of the Appellate Division headed by Acting Chief Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah passed the order after granting three separate leave to appeal petitions filed by the government challenging the HC verdict.
Following three separate writ petitions, the HC on May 11 last year declared unconstitutional the rules under which Executive Magistrates run the mobile courts.
The Appellate Division yesterday asked the government to submit the concise statement of the appeals in next three weeks.
The writ petitioners have also been asked to submit their concise statements of the appeals in a week after the government submits their concise statements.
A concise statement contains the point on which the counsels place their arguments before the court.
The writ petitioners’ counsel Barrister Hassan M H Azim told the journalists that Executive Magistrates can run the mobile courts till disposal of the appeals by the apex court following its Tuesday’s order.
The apex court on January 9 said its stay order on
the HC verdict would remain valid until the three government petitions are disposed of.
After the HC verdict, the government challenged it. The SC then stayed the verdict, allowing Executive Magistrates to conduct the mobile courts for the time being. Since then, the apex court has extended the stay order several times.
Executive Magistrates can continue to conduct mobile courts as the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its stay order on a High Court (HC) verdict, declaring mobile courts unconstitutional, until it disposes of the three leave to appeal petitions filed by the government.
The appeals were lodged against a HC verdict that last year declared unconstitutional the rules under which the Executive Magistrates conduct the mobile courts.
The SC on Tuesday also allowed the government to move the three appeals in the Appellate Division and fixed February 13 for hearing the appeals.
A five-member Bench of the Appellate Division headed by Acting Chief Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah passed the order after granting three separate leave to appeal petitions filed by the government challenging the HC verdict.
Following three separate writ petitions, the HC on May 11 last year declared unconstitutional the rules under which Executive Magistrates run the mobile courts.
The Appellate Division yesterday asked the government to submit the concise statement of the appeals in next three weeks.
The writ petitioners have also been asked to submit their concise statements of the appeals in a week after the government submits their concise statements.
A concise statement contains the point on which the counsels place their arguments before the court.
The writ petitioners’ counsel Barrister Hassan M H Azim told the journalists that Executive Magistrates can run the mobile courts till disposal of the appeals by the apex court following its Tuesday’s order.
The apex court on January 9 said its stay order on
the HC verdict would remain valid until the three government petitions are disposed of.
After the HC verdict, the government challenged it. The SC then stayed the verdict, allowing Executive Magistrates to conduct the mobile courts for the time being. Since then, the apex court has extended the stay order several times.
