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HC 'embarrassed' to hear writ challenging presidential polls
HC
'embarrassed' to hear writ challenging presidential polls
A High Court bench on
Sunday felt "embarrassed" to hear a writ petition filed challenging
the process of electing Mohammad Shahabuddin as president.
The bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Ahmed Sohel was set to hear the
petition. But it forwarded the petition to the chief justice for a decision,
saying one of the bench members felt embarrassed to hear the writ petition, UNB
reports.
Justice Ahmed Sohel expressed embarrassment, saying he was a lawyer at
Anti-Corruption Commission for five years.
Supreme Court lawyer MA Aziz Khan filed the writ petition with the concerned
branch of the High Court on March 7.
The Election Commission and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) had been made
respondents in the writ petition.
The writ petition was filed challenging the process through which the president
was elected, and the gazette that was published later.
"Mohammad Shahabuddin was a former Commissioner of Anti-Corruption
Commission (ACC). According to Section 9 of the ACC Act 2004, A former ACC
Commissioner is not permitted to hold any profitable position," he said.
Mohammad Shahabuddin, a retired judge and former Commissioner of the
Anti-Corruption Commission, was elected as the country's 22nd president.
On February 13, a gazette was issued declaring him elected as President of
Bangladesh under Section 7 of the Presidential Election Act, 1991.
Mohammad Shahabuddin will succeed current President M. Abdul Hamid after his
term expires on April 23.