Nizami appeal hearing may end by Dec 15: AG

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday expressed hopes that the Supreme Court would complete the hearing on the appeal against International Crimes Tribunal verdict filed by death-row convict Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami by December 15.
“The Supreme Court will go into the 20-day long vacation from the 16th. I hope the hearing on the Nizami’s appeal will compete before the upcoming vacation,” the chief law officer of the state said while talking to reporters at his office yesterday afternoon.

On September 9, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court began the hearing on the appeal of Jamaat leader Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging the International Crimes Tribunal verdict that awarded him death penalty for wartime offences.
The four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha resumed the hearing again on November 17.
The apex court is likely to resume the hearing on the appeal today as the matter has been enlisted in the daily ‘cause list’ of the apex court as item number-14.
The three other judges of the bench are Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Hasan Foez Siddique.
On October 29 last year, the ICT-1 found 71-year-old Nizami guilty in eight of the 16 war crimes charges brought against him, and handed down the death penalty on four charges and lifetime imprisonment on the other four.
The ICT-1 acquitted Nizami of eight other charges, as the prosecution failed to prove them.
Nizami filed an appeal before the Supreme Court on November 23 last year challenging the ICT-1 verdict. The appeal, containing 6,252 pages, cited 168 reasons for him to be discharged from the war crimes charges.
On January 30 this year, a Chittagong court also sentenced him to death in the 10-truck arms haul case. His appeal in the case is yet to be disposed of by the High Court. Nizami, now 71, remains detained in the Kashimpur high security prison in Gazipur.

 

Nizami appeal hearing may end by Dec 15: AG

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday expressed hopes that the Supreme Court would complete the hearing on the appeal against International Crimes Tribunal verdict filed by death-row convict Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami by December 15. The Supreme Court will go into the 20-day long vacation from the 16th. I hope the hearing on the Nizamis appeal will compete before the upcoming vacation, the chief law officer of the state said while talking to reporters at his office yesterday afternoon. On September 9, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court began the hearing on the appeal of Jamaat leader Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging the International Crimes Tribunal verdict that awarded him death penalty for wartime offences. The four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha resumed the hearing again on November 17. The apex court is likely to resume the hearing on the appeal today as the matter has been enlisted in the daily cause list of the apex court as item number-14. The three other judges of the bench are Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Hasan Foez Siddique. On October 29 last year, the ICT-1 found 71-year-old Nizami guilty in eight of the 16 war crimes charges brought against him, and handed down the death penalty on four charges and lifetime imprisonment on the other four. The ICT-1 acquitted Nizami of eight other charges, as the prosecution failed to prove them. Nizami filed an appeal before the Supreme Court on November 23 last year challenging the ICT-1 verdict. The appeal, containing 6,252 pages, cited 168 reasons for him to be discharged from the war crimes charges. On January 30 this year, a Chittagong court also sentenced him to death in the 10-truck arms haul case. His appeal in the case is yet to be disposed of by the High Court. Nizami, now 71, remains detained in the Kashimpur high security prison in Gazipur.