UNB, Dhaka :
The Supreme Court (SC) will hear on Monday the review petitions filed by condemned war crimes convicts Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury against its verdicts upholding their death penalties for their crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
A four-member SC bench, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, will hear the petitions.
On October 20, SC Chamber Judge Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain fixed November 2 for the hearing.
Meanwhile, Mojaheed has sought time for the hearing while SQ Chowdhury appealed for taking testimony of several people.
These appeals will be added with the review hearing, said their lawyers.
Earlier on October 14, Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury filed the review petitions with the SC against its verdicts that upheld their death penalties for crimes against humanity during the 1971 war.
The SC on September 30 released the full verdicts awarding death penalty to Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury for their crimes against humanity during the war, clearing the way for the execution of the judgments.
Earlier, the court on June 16 upheld the death sentence awarded by the ICT-2 to Mojaheed for killing intellectuals during the war. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, delivered the short order of the verdict.
The Supreme Court (SC) will hear on Monday the review petitions filed by condemned war crimes convicts Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury against its verdicts upholding their death penalties for their crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
A four-member SC bench, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, will hear the petitions.
On October 20, SC Chamber Judge Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain fixed November 2 for the hearing.
Meanwhile, Mojaheed has sought time for the hearing while SQ Chowdhury appealed for taking testimony of several people.
These appeals will be added with the review hearing, said their lawyers.
Earlier on October 14, Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury filed the review petitions with the SC against its verdicts that upheld their death penalties for crimes against humanity during the 1971 war.
The SC on September 30 released the full verdicts awarding death penalty to Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury for their crimes against humanity during the war, clearing the way for the execution of the judgments.
Earlier, the court on June 16 upheld the death sentence awarded by the ICT-2 to Mojaheed for killing intellectuals during the war. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, delivered the short order of the verdict.
