Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Monday fixed Tuesday for delivering its order on a writ petition filed challenging the legality of Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) activity and proposed Annual General Meeting (AGM).
A vacation bench of the HC comprising Justice S M Emdadul Hoque and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty fixed the date after concluding hearing on the petition.
Earlier on Sunday, Barrister Mahbub Shafique on behalf of architect Mubasshar Hossain filed the writ petition before the HC.
Recently the present Board of Directors of the Cricket Board declared to hold the AGM after claiming that a Supreme Court verdict was in favour of them. Then, Mubasshar Hossain sent a legal notice asking the current cricket board authority to refrain from holding the AGM.
Mubasshar claimed that according to the Supreme Court verdict, the BCB has no legal rights to call Annual General Meeting. However, BCB is planning to host the AGM on October 2 at a city hotel.
That’s why he sent the legal notice to seven persons and organizations including BCB president to stop all kinds of official activities in this regard.
The notice said that BCB will have to stop annual and special meetings within 72 hours upon receiving the notice.
Former Attorney General A J Mohammad Ali and Barrister Mahbub Shafique took part in the hearing on behalf of the petitioner while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the BCB during the hearing.
