SC defers hearing on contempt charge against 7 pro-BNP lawyers

Staff Reporter :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday deferred till January 29 the date of hearing a contempt of court petition filed against seven pro-BNP lawyers on charge of making derogatory comments about two apex court judges.

The Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan which was scheduled to hear the matter on Monday passed the deferment order, after the lawyer of seven pro-BNP lawyers, AJ Mohammad Ali, sought time from the court saying that required number of judges were not in the bench.

He said all the seven lawyers against whom the contempt of court petition has been filed had appeared before the bench on Monday morning in compliance with its summons order of November 15 last year.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division then fixed January 29 for hearing of the petition and asked the seven lawyers to appear before it on that day.

Following the same contempt of court petition, the SC on November 15 summoned the seven lawyers, asking them to appear before this court on January 15 in 2024 over their comments about two apex court judges.