The Kurigram returning officer had rejected Sarker’s application to contest the election. The Election Commission had also scrapped the review Sarker had filed on the decision. But the High Court bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil stayed the EC’s decision on Sunday based on a petition from Sarker. Barrister Tania Amir represented Sarker at the hearing, while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the state. “Imran H Sarker will be able to contest the polls,” Tania Amir told reporters after the hearing.

Source: bd News24 December 09, 2018 12:00 UTC