16th amendment verdict: Pro-AL, BNP lawyers stage demo, counter-demo

Pro-Awami League and pro-BNP lawyers staged demonstrations and counter-demonstrations at different bar premises across the country today, for the third day, over the Supreme Court verdict on 16th amendment to the constitution.

Pro-AL lawyers also held rallies and human chains under the banner of Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad (BAAP) as part of their three-day protest programme demanding expunction of “unexpected, irrelevant and unconstitutional observations” made by the chief justice in the verdict.

Meanwhile, Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (JAF), a platform of pro-BNP lawyers, held rallies at different bar associations including the Supreme Court Bar Association, demanding resignation and arrest of Law Commission Chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque for “breaching code of conduct” by holding a press conference on the SC verdict.