SC upholds HC verdict on FFs' age limitation

Staff Correspondent: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld a High Court verdict over the minimum age of Freedom Fighters set by the government.

The four-member appeal division bench led by the Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order, after hearing the state petition on Sunday.

Former justice SBM Altaf Hossain and Barrister Omar Sada moved for the writ petitioner while Attorney General Mahbube Alam stood for the state.

Earlier on June 19, upholding the HC verdict, the Chamber Court sent the petition to the full bench of the Appellate Division for its hearing.

On May 19, the HC declared the circulars and gazette notifications fixing the minimum age of freedom fighters at 12 and a half years in 1971 illegal and unconstitutional.


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