SC likely to hear review plea of Nizami today

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is likely to hold a hearing today on a review petition filed by war crime convict and Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, seeking review of its judgement that upheld his death penalty for his wartime offences. The matter has been put on N. 19 in Sunday’s cause list of the apex court. The four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, will hold the hearing on the review petition. The other three members of the bench are Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Hasan Foez Siddique. Earlier on April 3, in response to a six-week time petition filed by Nizami, the four-member bench of the apex court deferred the hearing by a week. Nizami had sought six weeks’ time from the apex court for hearing the review petition on the ground of personal difficulties, with Khandaker Mahbub Hossain as his principal lawyer. On March 30, Nizami had filed the review petition with the Supreme Court seeking reconsideration of his death penalty for wartime offences.
Later, in response to a Government plea for a quick hearing, Chamber Judge Justice Mirza Hussain Haider, the same day said that the matter will come up at the regular business agenda on April 3. Nizami filed the petition 14 days after the SC released the full judgment. Barrister Najeeb Momen, son of Nizami, said that a 70-page document, citing 46 arguments, has been submitted to the apex court seeking acquittal order.
The SC on January 6 this year upheld the verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that sentenced Nizami to death for crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 War of Liberation. Two months later, on March 15, the apex court released the full verdict. The ICT issued a death warrant for him hours after the SC released its full verdict.
The following day, jail authorities read out the judgment before the convict. In October 2014, the ICT-1 handed down capital punishment to Nizami, the leader of the infamous Al-Badr Bahini, for his wartime offences.
So far, verdicts have been handed down against five war criminals in war crimes cases. The convicts include Jamaat Assistant Secretary Generals, Quader Molla and Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, the party’s Nayeb-e-Amir, Delwar Hossain Sayedee, and BNP leader, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

SC likely to hear review plea of Nizami today

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is likely to hold a hearing today on a review petition filed by war crime convict and Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, seeking review of its judgement that upheld his death penalty for his wartime offences. The matter has been put on N. 19 in Sundays cause list of the apex court. The four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, will hold the hearing on the review petition. The other three members of the bench are Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Hasan Foez Siddique. Earlier on April 3, in response to a six-week time petition filed by Nizami, the four-member bench of the apex court deferred the hearing by a week. Nizami had sought six weeks time from the apex court for hearing the review petition on the ground of personal difficulties, with Khandaker Mahbub Hossain as his principal lawyer. On March 30, Nizami had filed the review petition with the Supreme Court seeking reconsideration of his death penalty for wartime offences. Later, in response to a Government plea for a quick hearing, Chamber Judge Justice Mirza Hussain Haider, the same day said that the matter will come up at the regular business agenda on April 3. Nizami filed the petition 14 days after the SC released the full judgment. Barrister Najeeb Momen, son of Nizami, said that a 70-page document, citing 46 arguments, has been submitted to the apex court seeking acquittal order. The SC on January 6 this year upheld the verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that sentenced Nizami to death for crimes against humanity during the countrys 1971 War of Liberation. Two months later, on March 15, the apex court released the full verdict. The ICT issued a death warrant for him hours after the SC released its full verdict. The following day, jail authorities read out the judgment before the convict. In October 2014, the ICT-1 handed down capital punishment to Nizami, the leader of the infamous Al-Badr Bahini, for his wartime offences. So far, verdicts have been handed down against five war criminals in war crimes cases. The convicts include Jamaat Assistant Secretary Generals, Quader Molla and Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, the partys Nayeb-e-Amir, Delwar Hossain Sayedee, and BNP leader, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.