Court wants HC stay order on 11 cases against Khaleda
A Dhaka court today asked lawyers of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to submit before it on April 25 the High Court’s stay order on 11 criminal cases including a sedition suit.
Otherwise, charges will be framed against her in the cases, the court said.
Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order after Khaleda’s lawyer submitted 11 separate petitions seeking adjournment of the hearing.
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In the petition, Khaleda’s lawyer Advocate Sanaullah Mia told the court that their client has earlier filed separate writ petitions seeking quashing of the case proceedings.
After the hearing, the HC stayed the trail proceedings of three cases earlier.
Earlier in March 28, the same court for the second time warned Khaleda Zia of framing charges against her in absentia in 11 the lawsuits if she fails to appear before it today (April 10).
Of the 11 cases, 10 were filed in the first three months of 2015 over arson attacks on vehicles. And the other was filed with a Dhaka court on charge of making seditious comments about freedom fighters and the Liberation War martyrs.
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