Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday adjourned till October 1 the hearing on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking the court’s directive on the government to send her to the United Hospital or in any specialised hospital of the city for treatment.
The Bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed the order saying that the hearing of the petition might be lengthy.
But the court has a time constraint as it is now on annual vacation and it will reopen on October 1, the Bench said.
Earlier in the day, Khaleda Zia’s lawyers Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali and Barrister A M Mahbub Uddin Khokan placed some arguments in the Bench.
The lawyers prayed to the court to pass an order asking the government to send Khaleda Zia to United Hospital for her treatment. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam appeared for the State.
Early this month, the same HC Bench deferred the hearing four times. On September 9, Khaleda filed the writ petition on health grounds as she has been suffering from various illnesses. In her petition, she prayed for her treatment in a specialised hospital.
Meanwhile, a medical board formed by the government on September 13 recommended that Khaleda Zia could be admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). The former Prime Minister has been serving a Dhaka court sentence since February 8 in Zia Orphanage Trust case.
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday adjourned till October 1 the hearing on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking the court’s directive on the government to send her to the United Hospital or in any specialised hospital of the city for treatment.
The Bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed the order saying that the hearing of the petition might be lengthy.
But the court has a time constraint as it is now on annual vacation and it will reopen on October 1, the Bench said.
Earlier in the day, Khaleda Zia’s lawyers Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali and Barrister A M Mahbub Uddin Khokan placed some arguments in the Bench.
The lawyers prayed to the court to pass an order asking the government to send Khaleda Zia to United Hospital for her treatment. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam appeared for the State.
Early this month, the same HC Bench deferred the hearing four times. On September 9, Khaleda filed the writ petition on health grounds as she has been suffering from various illnesses. In her petition, she prayed for her treatment in a specialised hospital.
Meanwhile, a medical board formed by the government on September 13 recommended that Khaleda Zia could be admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). The former Prime Minister has been serving a Dhaka court sentence since February 8 in Zia Orphanage Trust case.
