HC dismisses Jahangir's writ challenging nomination paper cancellation

The High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed challenging the legality of cancellation of Gazipur City Corporation’s (GCC) former mayor Jahangir Alam's nomination paper for the mayoral post in the upcoming GCC polls.

A High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Mohammad Mahbub-Ul-Alam rejected the petition, saying that he was a loan defaulter till the submission day of the nomination paper, which made him ineligible.

Jahangir submitted the writ petition on Sunday.

Barrister Nakib Saiful Islam, on behalf of the former mayor, submitted the petition to the High Court bench concerned a week after Gazipur’s Returning Officer Faridul Islam cancelled his nomination paper in a primary scrutinization, as he is a “loan defaulter.”

On May 4, Jahangir appealed to Dhaka divisional commissioner against the cancellation. His appeal was rejected on the same day.