Writ seeking ban on Awami League dismissed

The High Court (HC) has dismissed the writ petition seeking ban on the Awami League and cancellation of its registration as a political party.

An HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzamana and Justice Md Mahbubul Islam passed this order on Sunday (September 1).

The writ petitioner Arifur Rahman Murad Bhuiyan was present in the court, while attorney general Md Asaduzzaman represented the state.

Earlier on August 19, Arifur Rahman Bhuiyan, Executive Director of the rights group Sarada Society, filed the writ seeking the cancellation of the registration of the Bangladesh Awami League and a ban on it as a political party for mass killing of students and citizens during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.