HC rejects petition challenging Bar Council polls result
UNB, Dhaka :
The High Court on Monday rejected the writ petition seeking vote recounting in the Bar Council election as per the rules of the Bangladesh Bar Council Order-1972.
An HC bench comprising Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Ashraful Kamal turned down the writ petition as “being not pressed”.
It means the bench passed the rejection order considering that the petition was not placed before the bench for hearing.
Deputy Attorney General Motahar Hossain Saju represented the state, while Eunus Ali Akand stood for the petitioner.
Earlier on Sunday, Supreme Court lawyer
Eunus Ali Akand field the writ petition with the High Court seeking vote recounting in the Bar Council election as per the rules of the Bangladesh Bar Council Order 1972.
The election to the Bangladesh Bar Council was held across the country on August 26.
On August 3, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, chairman of the Bar Council, announced the official results of the election in which Awami League-backed candidates were unofficially declared winners.
In the petition, the SC lawyer said according to the Section 15 (2) of the Bangladesh Bar Council Order-1972, the Bar Council Chairman should count the votes receiving ballot papers from different polling centers.
But without counting the votes centrally, AG Mahbubey Alam announced the results in violation of the rules.
The High Court on Monday rejected the writ petition seeking vote recounting in the Bar Council election as per the rules of the Bangladesh Bar Council Order-1972.
An HC bench comprising Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Ashraful Kamal turned down the writ petition as “being not pressed”.
It means the bench passed the rejection order considering that the petition was not placed before the bench for hearing.
Deputy Attorney General Motahar Hossain Saju represented the state, while Eunus Ali Akand stood for the petitioner.
Earlier on Sunday, Supreme Court lawyer
Eunus Ali Akand field the writ petition with the High Court seeking vote recounting in the Bar Council election as per the rules of the Bangladesh Bar Council Order 1972.
The election to the Bangladesh Bar Council was held across the country on August 26.
On August 3, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, chairman of the Bar Council, announced the official results of the election in which Awami League-backed candidates were unofficially declared winners.
In the petition, the SC lawyer said according to the Section 15 (2) of the Bangladesh Bar Council Order-1972, the Bar Council Chairman should count the votes receiving ballot papers from different polling centers.
But without counting the votes centrally, AG Mahbubey Alam announced the results in violation of the rules.
