Settle DNCC by-polls rule issues soon: Appellate Division

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court directed the High Court to settle the rules regarding Dhaka North City Corporation by-polls.  

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order on Sunday following a leave-to-appeal plea. 

The HC bench of Justice Gobinda Chandra Thakur and Justice AKM Shahidul Karim will settle the rule.

Barrister Rokon Uddin Mahmud moved for the writ petitioner while lawyer Fida M Kamal stood for the election commission. Besides, Barrister Mahbub Uddin moved for BNP mayoral candidate Tabit Awal.

On January 17, the High Court (HC) stayed the elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), including the by-election for the mayoral post. A two-member HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haydar and Justice Zafar Ahmed passed the order.

The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why the schedule to hold the DNCC polls will not be declared illegal.

The DNCC mayoral post fell vacant with the death of Annisul Huq on November 30 last year.


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