Court Correspondent :
The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings of a defamation case against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order on Thursday hearing on a petition filed by the
government seeking stay on the High Court order.
On September 1, 2014, Nur-e-Alam Siddique, Vice-President of Awami Matsyajibi League, filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka. On July 9, a Dhaka court framed charges against Mirza Fakhrul in the defamation case.
Hearing on a petition filed by the BNP Secretary General, the High Court on August 23, stayed the trial proceedings of the case and issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the proceedings of the case should not be scrapped.
The Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings of a defamation case against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order on Thursday hearing on a petition filed by the
government seeking stay on the High Court order.
On September 1, 2014, Nur-e-Alam Siddique, Vice-President of Awami Matsyajibi League, filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka. On July 9, a Dhaka court framed charges against Mirza Fakhrul in the defamation case.
Hearing on a petition filed by the BNP Secretary General, the High Court on August 23, stayed the trial proceedings of the case and issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the proceedings of the case should not be scrapped.
