Zia Trust cases: Leave to appeal Order on Sunday

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UNB, Dhaka :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday concluded hearing on two leave-to-appeal petitions filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia against a High Court order rejecting two petitions challenging the legality of the appointment of a special judge who framed charges against her in two graft cases.
After the hearing, a five-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice Md. Muzammel Hossain, fixed September14 for order.
Advocate Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and
Advocate Joynal Abedin appeared for Khaleda Zia while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam stood for the State.
The hearing on the two leave-to-appeal petitions began on September 4.
On March 19 this year, Judge Basudev Roy of the Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-3 framed charges against the BNP chief, her son Tarique Rahman and seven other people rejecting their time petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.
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