UNB, Dhaka

The hearing on a writ petition challenging the validity of certain sections of the unassailable Emergency Power Rules (EPR), including denial of bail, began before the High Court On Sunday.
Moving the petition, Barrister Amir-Ul Islam, the counsel for the petitioners, submitted that the EPR on one hand has curbed the citizens’ rights to seek bail and taken away the High Court’s power to grant bail on the other.
“The constitution cannot be amended by an ordinance,” he said before the division bench comprising Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Farid Ahmed. [Read more]