Staff Reporter

A Writ petition was filed yesterday with the High Court challenging the legality of some provisions of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 under which the war crimes trial is being held.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami senior Assistant Secretaries General Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Mollah, who are now detained, jointly filed the Writ petition seeking HC direction to suspend the proceedings of the International Crimes Tribunal and the trial against them.
The HC bench comprising Justice MA Wahhab Miah and Justice Kazi Rezaul Haq fixed August 17 (today) for hearing on the petition. [Read More]

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Source: The New Nation