SC postpones Khaleda petition order

The Supreme Court has postponed its order on a ‘leave to appeal’ petition by BNP chief Khaleda Zia over the Zia Charitable Trust case that accuses her of graft.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 25 Nov 2014, 05:06 AM
Updated : 25 Nov 2014, 05:38 AM

A five-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain, on Monday shifted the decision date to Nov 30.

Hearing on the ‘leave to appeal’ petition was held on Monday and the apex court was scheduled to pass the order on Tuesday.

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The BNP chief had moved the Appellate Division after her plea challenging the legality of her indictment in the case was rejected by the High Court.
On Monday, the Appellate Division dismissed two ‘leave to appeal’ petitions by Khaleda Zia over the Zia Orphanage Trust case - another graft case filed against her by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
On March 19, Judge Basudev Roy of Dhaka's Third Metropolitan Special Judges Court had indicted Khaleda in both the cases, which were then at the deposition stage.
Khandker Mahbub Hossain argued on behalf of the BNP chief and Md Khurshid Alam Khan for the ACC.