Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Sunday fixed November 22 for delivering verdict on a writ petition challenging the legality of Jatiya Sangsad membership of Nizam Uddin Hazari, an Awami League leader of Feni.
The HC bench comprising Justice Md Emdadul Huq and Justice F R M Nazmul Ahsan passed the order after concluding hearing on the petition.
During the hearing, writ petitioner’s lawyer Kamrul Haque Siddiqui told the court that Nizam Uddin Hazari has not served the entire period of 10 years’ imprisonment in the arms case.
Meanwhile, Hazari’s lawyer Barrister Shafiq Ahmed told the court that the writ petition is not acceptable as it was filed as public interest litigation.
Sakhawat Hossain Bhuiyan, a Jubo League leader of Feni, had filed the writ petition in 2014 as public interest litigation with the HC claiming that Nizam Hazari resorted to forgery to get out of jail early in a criminal case and run in the parliamentary polls in January 2014.
In the petition, he prayed to the court to declare Nizam disqualified for contesting the polls and his holding the office of a lawmaker illegal.
Quoting a newspaper report, Shakhawat in his petition said a Chittagong court had sentenced Nizam to 10 years’ imprisonment in an arms case on August 16, 2000. Following his surrender to the court on September 14, 2000, he was sent to Chittagong jail to serve the jail term.
But he was behind bars for only five years and was freed on December 1, 2005, through fraudulence, the Jubo League leader added.
He said Nizam was supposed to be in jail until September 13, 2010, and as per law, he was not supposed to be eligible to run in parliamentary polls before September 2015.
The petitioner also said Nizam had provided false information to the Election Commission about serving his jail term.
On June 8, 2014, HC issued a rule on the legality of Jatiya Sangsad membership of Nizam Uddin Hazari.
The High Court (HC) on Sunday fixed November 22 for delivering verdict on a writ petition challenging the legality of Jatiya Sangsad membership of Nizam Uddin Hazari, an Awami League leader of Feni.
The HC bench comprising Justice Md Emdadul Huq and Justice F R M Nazmul Ahsan passed the order after concluding hearing on the petition.
During the hearing, writ petitioner’s lawyer Kamrul Haque Siddiqui told the court that Nizam Uddin Hazari has not served the entire period of 10 years’ imprisonment in the arms case.
Meanwhile, Hazari’s lawyer Barrister Shafiq Ahmed told the court that the writ petition is not acceptable as it was filed as public interest litigation.
Sakhawat Hossain Bhuiyan, a Jubo League leader of Feni, had filed the writ petition in 2014 as public interest litigation with the HC claiming that Nizam Hazari resorted to forgery to get out of jail early in a criminal case and run in the parliamentary polls in January 2014.
In the petition, he prayed to the court to declare Nizam disqualified for contesting the polls and his holding the office of a lawmaker illegal.
Quoting a newspaper report, Shakhawat in his petition said a Chittagong court had sentenced Nizam to 10 years’ imprisonment in an arms case on August 16, 2000. Following his surrender to the court on September 14, 2000, he was sent to Chittagong jail to serve the jail term.
But he was behind bars for only five years and was freed on December 1, 2005, through fraudulence, the Jubo League leader added.
He said Nizam was supposed to be in jail until September 13, 2010, and as per law, he was not supposed to be eligible to run in parliamentary polls before September 2015.
The petitioner also said Nizam had provided false information to the Election Commission about serving his jail term.
On June 8, 2014, HC issued a rule on the legality of Jatiya Sangsad membership of Nizam Uddin Hazari.
