The hearing has ended in the appeal case of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who was sentenced to death for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has set May 27 to announce its verdict.
The High Court has set May 13 to announce the verdict in the death reference (approval of death sentences) in the murder case related to the Ramna Batamul bombing during the Bengali New Year celebrations in 2001. The date was fixed by the High Court bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Nasreen Akhter on Thursday.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday has scheduled May 13 to resume the hearing on Jamaat-e-Islami's appeal challenging a High Court verdict that cancelled its registration with the Election Commission (EC) as a political party.
The first day of the appeal hearing against the death sentence of Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam in the war crimes case has concluded. The Appellate Division has scheduled the next hearing for Thursday (May 8).
Senior Supreme Court lawyer and former Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami, Barrister Abdur Razzaq, has passed away. He died at Ibn Sina Hospital in Dhaka on Sunday (May 4) at 4:15pm, where he had been on life support. He was 81 years old at the time of his death.
The High Court has stayed the proceedings of the lease notification for setting up a sacrificial animal market in the capital's Aftabnagar residential area. As a result, lawyers have said that a cow market cannot be set up in Aftabnagar this year as well.