SC rejects petition challenging legality of president election

The Appellate Division has rejected a writ petition challenging the legality of the election of President Mohammed Shahabuddin.

The court has also fined lawyer MA Aziz Khan Tk one lakh for wasting time of the court by filing a pointless petition.

An eight-member bench headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order on Thursday.

On March 7, Aziz Khan filed the writ petition challenging the legality of the process of the election of Mohammed Shahabuddin as president of Bangladesh.

The lawyer also challenged the issuance of the gazette notification that declared Shahabuddin president-elect and sought stay of the operation of the notification.