Staff Reporter
The Supreme Court yesterday stayed High Court-granted bail to convicted Advocate Sigma Huda, wife of jailed former Communications Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda, and Barrister Mir Helal Uddin, son of jailed former State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Nasir Uddin.
Vacation chamber Judge Justice M Joynul Abedin passed the stay orders upon separate leave to appeal petitions by the Government against the High Court orders.
Earlier on December 13, a High Court Division Bench upon separate writ petitions granted bail to the two convicts-Sigma Huda and Mir Helal-who were tried and punished by a Special Court under the Emergency Power Rules (EPR). [Read more]