Quader can't perform duties of JP chairman: SC

The Supreme Court today ruled that GM Quader cannot perform responsibilities as Jatiya Party Chairman.

The Appellate Division of the SC, however, ordered the lower court concerned to hear and dispose of the case filed in connection with this issue by January 9.

A five-member full bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order after hearing a petition challenging the High Court order that cleared the way for Quader to perform the responsibilities of his post.

Following a revision petition of former Jatiya Party leader Ziaul Haque Mridha, the SC chamber judge on November 30 stayed the High Court order.

Senior lawyer Mohammad Sayeed Ahmed Raza appeared for Ziaul Haque Mridha while senior lawyer Sheikh Muhammed Serajul Islam stood for GM Quader during hearing today.

On November 29, the HC bench of Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal stayed till January 3 a Dhaka court directive that on November 16 upheld an injunction order asking GM Quader to refrain from party activities.

The bench passed the order following a revision petition filed by Quader challenging the lower court order.

On November 16, a Dhaka court in an order said the injunction barring GM Quader from making any political decision of the party would remain in force and therefore, he could not make any political decision.

Earlier on October 31, the court issued an injunction barring GM Quader from taking any political decision regarding the party.

The injunction came following an application filed by former JP lawmaker advocate Ziaul Haque Mridha.

Mridha, also a former adviser to the JP chief, was removed from the party on September 17, this year.