Khaleda Sedition case

HC stays proceedings for 6 months

The High Court (HC) yesterday stayed the trial proceedings of a sedition case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for next six months.

The HC bench also issued a rule asking the government and the plaintiff of the case to explain in four weeks why the trial court order of accepting the case should not be scrapped.

In response to a petition, the HC bench comprising Justice Md Miftah Uddin Choudhury and Justice ANM Bashir Ullah came up with the order.
Earlier on January 5, Khaleda filed a petition challenging the trial proceedings of the case and seeking stay on the proceedings.
Earlier on March 28, a Dhaka court asked the BNP chief to appear before it on April 10 for hearing of framing charges on Khaleda Zia’s 11 cases, including the sedition case.
On January 25 in 2016, former secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association Dr Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehdi filed the sedition case with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court. The court on that day summoned Khaleda Zia in the case. Earlier on December 21 in 2015, Khaleda Zia at a rally of freedom fighters commented that there is a controversy regarding the number of martyrs of the Bangladesh War of Liberation.
On December 23, Dr Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehdi sent a legal notice to withdraw her comment mentioning her mentality of ‘sedition’. 
The lawyer later sought home ministry’s approval as he did not get any reply of the notice. The home ministry had given approval in this regard.

Khaleda Sedition case

HC stays proceedings for 6 months

The High Court (HC) yesterday stayed the trial proceedings of a sedition case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for next six months. The HC bench also issueda rule asking the government and the plaintiff of the case to explain in four weeks why the trial court order of accepting the case should not be scrapped. In response to a petition, the HC bench comprising Justice Md Miftah Uddin Choudhury and Justice ANM Bashir Ullah came up with the order. Earlier on January 5, Khaleda filed a petition challenging the trial proceedings of the case and seeking stay on the proceedings. Earlier on March 28, a Dhaka court asked the BNP chief to appear before it on April 10 for hearing of framing charges on Khaleda Zias 11 cases, including the sedition case. On January 25 in 2016, former secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association Dr Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehdi filed the sedition case with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court. The court on that day summoned Khaleda Zia in the case. Earlier on December 21 in 2015, Khaleda Zia at a rally of freedom fighters commented that there is a controversy regarding the number of martyrs of the Bangladesh War of Liberation. On December 23, Dr Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehdi sent a legal notice to withdraw her comment mentioning her mentality of sedition. The lawyer later sought home ministrys approval as he did not get any reply of the notice. The home ministry had given approval in this regard.