Staff Reporter
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the High Court ruling that made mandatory for the candidates in parliamentary elections to make public personal information.
The Full Bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin delivered the judgment, throwing away an appeal by an absentee appellant, who challenged this electoral reform measure. The Full Bench of the Appellate Division turned down the appeal as fabricated and not maintainable in the eye of law, endorsing the allegation made by the public-interest litigation (PIL) petitioners that the appellant and his counsel acted fraud upon the highest judiciary by making false statements. [Read more]