SC chamber judge extends stay on HC order, no bar to hold BCB election on Oct 6
The Supreme Court chamber judge today extended its earlier order that stayed a High Court directive which halted the effectiveness of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president's letter asking district and divisional sports associations to nominate councillors from ad-hoc committees for the upcoming election.
Justice Farah Mahbub, chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, passed the extension order following a petition filed by the government challenging the HC order.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Following the SC chamber judge's order, there is no legal bar for holding the BCB election on October 6, BCB's lawyer Barrister Mahin M Rahman told The Daily Star.
He said the SC chamber also asked the office of the SC registrar general to conduct an inquiry into how the government filed a petition with this court challenging the HC order so quickly after the HC passed the stay order on September 22 and to submit a report to this court.
Additional attorneys general Md Arshadur Rauf and Aneek R Haque appeared for the state while lawyer Mahin stood for BCB and Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal argued for the writ petitioners during the hearing today.
On September 22, the SC chamber judge stayed the HC order and also adjourned hearing of the matter until today.
Earlier on that day (September 22), the HC stayed for 15 days the operation of BCB president's letter and also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned of the government and the BCB to explain in 10 days why the letter should not be declared illegal.
The HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Bishwajit Debnath came up with the order and rule after a writ petition was filed challenging the legality of the BCB president's letter.
ABM Monjurul Alam Dulal from Rajbari, Josimuddin Khan Khosru from Gopalganj, Moyeen Uddin Chowdhury from Laxmipur and AKM Ali Imam Tapan from Tangail, had submitted the petition, praying to the HC to stay the operation of the BCB president's letter issued on September 18.
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