Staff Reporter
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will hold on Sunday the hearing of the leave to appeal petition by the Government against the Wednesday’s High Court judgment quashing the Azam J Chowdhury extortion case against detained former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The six-member full bench of the Appellate Division headed by Acting Chief Justice Md Fazlul Karim deferred the hearing till Sunday since Sheikh Sheikh Hasina’s counsels for requested more time.
Sheikh Hasina’s Advocate-on- Record Maulovi Wahidullah sought for time requesting adjournment of the hearing as her senior lawyers Barrister Rafiq-ul-Huq was not present in the Court. [Read more]