The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the High Court orders that summoned Fazlul Haque Amini and ATM Azharul Islam for their derogatory remarks about the constitution and the apex court.
Following the decision, Amini, president of a faction of Islami Oikyo Jote, and Azharul, acting secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, will have to appear before the HC to explain their comments.
Giving "no order" on the petitions by Amini and Azharul seeking stay on the HC order, Appellate Division chamber judge said there is no such precedent, Manzill Murshid, counsel for the writ petitioners, told The Daily Star.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore on July 20 summoned Amini to appear before it on August 2 to clarify his remark about the country's charter.
On July 25, the same bench ordered Azharul to appear before it on August 8 to explain his comments about the SC.
The orders came following separate writ petitions.
Amini at a meeting in the city's Lalbagh on July 14 reportedly said the recently-amended constitution will be thrown in the dustbin.
Azharul on July 19 at a press conference said that the government scrapped the caretaker government system by exploiting the SC.
Source : The Daily Star
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