GM Quader banned from performing Japa duties: : SC chamber judge
Samakal Correspondent
30 Nov 2022 18:37 PM । Update: 30 Nov 2022 18:56 PM
The Supreme Court chamber judge has stayed till December 5 a High Court order that cleared the way for Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader to operate party activities.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge of the Appellate Division, passed the order on Wednesday.
The stay order came following a petition filed by JP leader Ziaul Haque Mridha seeking stay on the order issued by the HC on Tuesday.
The chamber judge also sent the petition to the full bench of the Appellate Division for further hearing on December 5.
At today's session, Sheikh Muhammed Serajul Islam spoke for GM Quader while Mohammad Sayeed Ahmed Raza represented the petitioner.
The stay order was imposed due to a lower court's decision to enjoin GM Quader from carrying out his responsibilities as chairman of the Jatiya Party after reviewing all pertinent documents and finding that he had violated the party's constitution.
A High Court division bench of Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal stayed till January 3 a lower court order that had imposed temporally ban on party activities of Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman Ghulam Muhammad (GM) Quader.
Earlier on November 16, the court of Dhaka 1st Joint District Judge Masudul Haque had passed the order, scrapping a plea of Quader, challenging an earlier order in this regard. The court also set November 30 for submitting reply in writing and holding further hearing on the matter.
Party's suspended leader and former lawmaker Ziaul Haque Mridha filed the case against Quader on October 4 and the court on October 31 had issued the initial order, asking him to refrain from party activities.
