The High Court will deliver its verdict on a writ petition challenging the legality of Awami League MP Nizam Uddin Hazari’s parliament membership on Thursday. Later, the acting Chief Justice assigned Justice Md Abu Zafar Siddique for its hearing and disposal. The hearing has been delayed on eight occasions due to the embarrassment of the High Court, with a split verdict having been delivered once. A High Court bench delivered the dissenting verdicts on the writ petition on December 6 last year. Senior judge of the bench Justice Md Emdadul Huq declared the election of the Feni-2 constituency MP illegal, while junior judge Justice FRM Nazmul Ahsan rejected the petition.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 27, 2018 16:18 UTC