16th Amendment verdict partly drafted by editor of a daily

Alleges pro-AL lawyer’s forum leader

The member secretary of the Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad (BAAP), Fazle Noor Taposh, yesterday alleged that the editor of an English daily had prepared the draft of a portion of the verdict in the case relating to the 16th amendment to the Constitution.

“The part of the Chief Justice’s verdict relating to the 16th amendment to the Constitution was prepared by the editor of an English daily,” he alleged.

Taposh, who is also a lawmaker, was addressing a meeting. He demanded that the Chief Justice’s observations, which were "irrelevant and unconstitutional", should be expunged from the verdict.

The BAAP organised the meeting at the South Hall of the Supreme Court (SC) annexe building.

“We've seen that the Appellate Division has delivered the verdict by making many irrelevant, unconstitutional and undemocratic observations, bypassing the main issue of the case,” Taposh said.

“We know who were involved in the conspiracy. We'll take off their masks one after another. We also know from where the draft of the case relating to the 16th amendment to the Constitution has come. The draft has been prepared by the editor of an English daily,” he added.

“A group with vested interests is trying to conspire against the country’s democracy. Lawyers of the country had thwarted that evil force on previous occasions. The time has come again to fight the evil force,” he iterated.

Giving thanks to other judges of the Appellate Division who disagreed with some of the observations of the Chief Justice, Taposh demanded that the “irrelevant” and “unconstitutional” observations made by the Chief Justice be expunged from the verdict.

BAAP convener Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun said they had rejected with “hatred” the observations made in the verdict that “no nation, no country is made of, or by, one person”.

Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder, Advocate Laikuzzaman Mollah and SM Rezaul Karim also addressed the meeting.

Later, SM Rezaul Karim said BAAP lawyers held rallies at 64 bars out of the total 73 bar associations across the country as part of their three-day programme to register their protest against the Chief Justice’s observations.

Meanwhile, Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (JAF), a pro-BNP lawyers’ platform, formed human chains and held meetings at all bars, including the Supreme Court Bar Association, demanding the resignation and arrest of Law Commission chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque for his comments on the verdict.

JAF and BNP leader barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon said Haque should be arrested and tried in the Gono Adalot for making derogatory comments on the SC verdict in the 16th amendment case.

Khokon told this correspondent that JAF leaders and members have enforced the same programme at 55 bar associations across the country.

 

16th Amendment verdict partly drafted by editor of a daily

Alleges pro-AL lawyers forum leader

The member secretary of the Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad (BAAP), Fazle Noor Taposh, yesterday alleged that the editor of an English daily had prepared the draft of a portion of the verdict in the case relating to the 16th amendment to the Constitution. The part of the Chief Justices verdict relating to the 16th amendment to the Constitution was prepared by the editor of an English daily, he alleged. Taposh, who is also a lawmaker, was addressing a meeting. He demanded that the Chief Justices observations, which were irrelevant and unconstitutional, should be expunged from the verdict. The BAAP organised the meeting at the South Hall of the Supreme Court (SC) annexe building. Weve seen that the Appellate Division has delivered the verdict by making many irrelevant, unconstitutional and undemocratic observations, bypassing the main issue of the case, Taposh said. We know who were involved in the conspiracy. Well take off their masks one after another. We also know from where the draft of the case relating to the 16th amendment to the Constitution has come. The draft has been prepared by the editor of an English daily, he added. A group with vested interests is trying to conspire against the countrys democracy. Lawyers of the country had thwarted that evil force on previous occasions. The time has come again to fight the evil force, he iterated. Giving thanks to other judges of the Appellate Division who disagreed with some of the observations of the Chief Justice, Taposh demanded that the irrelevant and unconstitutional observations made by the Chief Justice be expunged from the verdict. BAAP convener Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun said they had rejected with hatred the observations made in the verdict that no nation, no country is made of, or by, one person. Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder, Advocate Laikuzzaman Mollah and SM Rezaul Karim also addressed the meeting. Later, SM Rezaul Karim said BAAP lawyers held rallies at 64 bars out of the total 73 bar associations across the country as part of their three-day programme to register their protest against the Chief Justices observations. Meanwhile, Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (JAF), a pro-BNP lawyers platform, formed human chains and held meetings at all bars, including the Supreme Court Bar Association, demanding the resignation and arrest of Law Commission chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque for his comments on the verdict. JAF and BNP leader barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon said Haque should be arrested and tried in the Gono Adalot for making derogatory comments on the SC verdict in the 16th amendment case. Khokon told this correspondent that JAF leaders and members have enforced the same programme at 55 bar associations across the country.