Mobile court to run two more weeks

Staff Correspondent: The Supreme Court (SC) has stayed the High Court HC) order for two more weeks that declared mobile courts under executive magistrates as unconstitutional.

As a result, there is no bar to lead mobile courts by the executive magistrates during the period.

A six-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order on Tuesday morning.

Barrister Hassan SM Azim moved for the writ petition while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the state in the court.

Earlier on July 4, the court also stayed the HC order for two more weeks following a time petition filed by the state.

On May 11, the High Court declared unconstitutional the rules under which executive magistrates run mobile courts.

Later, on May 21 the Appellate Division stayed the HC order following a petition by the state.


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