Hearing on Jamaat men’s candidature today

Staff Correspondent: The hearing will be held today (Thursday) on a writ petition filed against the decision of Election Commission (EC) that said there is no scope to scrape the candidacy of 25 Jamaat-e-Islami leaders who are contesting the parliamentary election despite cancellation of the party’s registration.  

A bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Md Khairul Alam will hear the petition.

Barrister Tania Amir on behalf of Bangladesh Tariqat Federation on Wednesday filed the petition with the concerned department of the High Court (HC).

Earlier on December 23, the EC quashed the appeal for the cancellation of the candidature of 25 Jamaat-i-Islami candidates and permitted them to contest the polls.

On December 18, the HC directed the EC to dispose of the application filed for cancelling the candidacy of 25 Jamaat-e-Islami men within three working days.


risingbd/Dhaka/Dec 27, 2018/Mahadi/Mukul