The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the leave to appeal petition filed by the government challenging a High Court order that had directed the prison authorities to provide first-class division facilities to photographer Shahidul Alam, reports UNB.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order following a hearing on the petition.

There is no legal bar for Shahidul to get division facilities in jail following the SC order.

Advocate Sarah Hossain stood for Shahidul while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the state.

On September 17, a chamber judge of the Appellate Division upheld the High Court order providing first class division to Shahidul and asked the state to file leave to appeal over the matter.