Writ petition challenges legality of BCB panel led by Tamim, wants it stayed

The petitioners say the National Sports Council's decision for the panel is "completely illegal"

A group of lawyers has filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the ad hoc committee formed by dissolving the elected board of directors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and naming Tamim Iqbal its president.

The petition filed on Thursday also seeks a stay on the panel and a directive to declare it “illegal”.

One of the petitioners, Supreme Court lawyer Golam Kibria who moved the High Court, said the National Sports Council's approval for the panel is "completely illegal" and a violation of the "Principle of Natural Justice".

Amid a dramatic shift, an 11-strong ad hoc committee of the BCB was formed on Apr 7.

Kibria told bdnews24.com, "The section of the National Sports Council Act 2018 under which the committee was formed does not allow for the dissolution of an elected panel due to defective elections."

The law allows two specific reasons for forming an ad hoc committee, but both were absent in the case of the Tamim-led panel, he said.

“Illegally dissolving the elected committee of a statutory body is a violation of constitutional rights," argued the lawyer, hoping that the writ will be heard soon.