A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its order for conducting a judicial inquiry into the incident of the altercation involving a physician, a magistrate, and a police officer over movement pass in Dhaka on April 18 that went viral on social media.

Md Eunus Ali Akond submitted the writ petition as a public interest litigation to the office concerned of the HC, praying to the court so it directs the government to take stern action against executive magistrate Sheikh Mamunur Rashid and law enforcers for misbehaving with BSMMU's Associate Professor Dr Sayeda Shawkat during the incident.

In the petition, the lawyer also challenged the legality of operations of the mobile court by the executive magistrate to hold a trial of the incident on the spot.

Eunus Ali told The Daily Star that executive magistrate Sheikh Mamunur and law enforcers have humiliated and harassed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University's (BSMMU) Associate Professor Dr Sayeda Shawkat on Elephant Road in Dhaka on April 18 by stopping her car in the name of asking for her identity, although she showed her professional identity mentioned in her car's sticker and doctor's apron.

The executive magistrate and law enforcers have misused their powers which is illegal and unconstitutional, he said, citing the writ petition.

He said executive magistrate Sheikh Mamunur was conducting a mobile court during the incident, which is also illegal as operating judicial activities by executive officers are illegal and contradictory to article 22 of the constitution, and the Supreme Court directives in the Masdar Hossain case known as judiciary separation case.

Eunus Ali said he will place the writ petition before a High Court bench for its hearing tomorrow (Tuesday).

On April 19, an HC bench refused to pass any order on the incident when Eunus Ali placed newspaper reports published on it before the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir seeking necessary order on the issue.