Mir Quasem review verdict today

The Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its verdict today (Tuesday) on a review petition filed by war crimes convict and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali, seeking reconsideration of his death penalty in war crimes cases. After concluding the hearing on the review plea from both sides, a five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, on August 28 fixed the date for the final verdict on the review petition. In its daily cause list, the apex court kept the matter as item number 1 for delivering order.
A review of the sentence is the last legal battle for Mir Quasem to save his neck. If the apex court does not change its earlier decision, the only option left before the Jamaat leader would be to seek presidential clemency.
The Supreme Court authority has beefed up the security in and around the apex court premises to avoid any untoward incident ahead of the verdict. Earlier, on August 24, the SC began hearing the review petition filed by Mir Quasem on June 19.
In the 86-page petition, 14 grounds were mentioned on the basis of which the top court may consider the review petition.
On June 6, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) issued a death warrant for the Jamaat-e-Islami leader hours after the SC released the full text of its verdict upholding his death penalty.
Earlier, on March 8, the Appellate Division upheld the death penalty of Mir Quasem for his crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971.
The ICT-2, in a verdict, had sentenced Mir Quasem Ali, the Al-Badr chief in Chittagong in 1971, to death on November 2, 2014. On November 30, 2014, Mir Quasem moved the SC challenging the death penalty. Among the total 14 charges brought against Quasem, the tribunal convicted him on 10 counts of charges and acquitted him in four.
The 64-year-old Jamaat-e-Islami leader is considered by many as the main financier of Jamaat. He allegedly paid USD 25 million to a US lobbyist firm to carry out a smear campaign to make the war crimes trial controversial, the then law minister, Shafique Ahmed, told parliament on April 28, 2013.
He was kept in Kashimpur jail in Gazipur since his arrest in 2013 and was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail on June 20.

Mir Quasem review verdict today

The Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its verdict today (Tuesday) on a review petition filed by war crimes convict and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali, seeking reconsideration of his death penalty in war crimes cases. After concluding the hearing on the review plea from both sides, a five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, on August 28 fixed the date for the final verdict on the review petition. In its daily cause list, the apex court kept the matter as item number 1 for delivering order. A review of the sentence is the last legal battle for Mir Quasem to save his neck. If the apex court does not change its earlier decision, the only option left before the Jamaat leader would be to seek presidential clemency. The Supreme Court authority has beefed up the security in and around the apex court premises to avoid any untoward incident ahead of the verdict. Earlier, on August 24, the SC began hearing the review petition filed by Mir Quasem on June 19. In the 86-page petition, 14 grounds were mentioned on the basis of which the top court may consider the review petition. On June 6, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) issued a death warrant for the Jamaat-e-Islami leader hours after the SC released the full text of its verdict upholding his death penalty. Earlier, on March 8, the Appellate Division upheld the death penalty of Mir Quasem for his crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971. The ICT-2, in a verdict, had sentenced Mir Quasem Ali, the Al-Badr chief in Chittagong in 1971, to death on November 2, 2014. On November 30, 2014, Mir Quasem moved the SC challenging the death penalty. Among the total 14 charges brought against Quasem, the tribunal convicted him on 10 counts of charges and acquitted him in four. The 64-year-old Jamaat-e-Islami leader is considered by many as the main financier of Jamaat. He allegedly paid USD 25 million to a US lobbyist firm to carry out a smear campaign to make the war crimes trial controversial, the then law minister, Shafique Ahmed, told parliament on April 28, 2013. He was kept in Kashimpur jail in Gazipur since his arrest in 2013 and was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail on June 20.