The High Court imposed Tk 10,000 fine on Supreme Court lawyer Md Eunus Ali Akond today for not appearing before it, after filing a writ petition challenging the legality of the ongoing "lockdown".

The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir also dismissed the writ petition for "default", saying that lawyer Eunus Ali Akond very often files writ petitions as public interest litigation and briefs the media about them, but he does not appear before the court during the hearing.

Five to six days have passed after Eunus Ali Akond submitted the writ petition challenging the ongoing lockdown, but he did not appear before the court during the hearing, the HC bench said.

Deputy Attorney General Arobindo Kumar Roy, Bipul Bagmar, and SC lawyer Mustafizur Rahman Khan told the court that lawyer Eunus Ali should be fined for his actions.

Contacted, Eunus Ali told The Daily Star that he does not know about the fine slapped on him by HC as he was out of court.

On April 27, the same HC bench warned Eunus Ali for filing writ petitions as public interest litigation without being an aggrieved person.