Court Correspondent:
A leave to appeal has been filed yesterday seeking stay on the lower court judgment and Election Com-mission (EC) gazette declaring BNP leader Ishraque Hossain mayor of the Dhaka South City Corpora-tion (DSCC).
The appeal was filed with the concerned wing of the Appellate Division by lawyer and DSCC resident Md Mamunur Rashid.
The leave of appeal has been filed as the High Court rejected a writ petition filed by advocate Mamun challenging the lower court verdict to set Ishraque in the mayoral position of the DSCC.
The High Court summarily rejected the writ petition that challenged the Dhaka First Joint District Judge and Election Tribunal’s verdict on DSCC mayorship.
“Rejected summarily as the petitioner with observation and direction,” said the order passed by the High Court division bench of Justice Md Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury.
Confirming the matter, petitioner’s lawyer Advocate Mohammad Hossain said the appeal was filed, pleading to stay the court judgment and EC gazette. The matter will be heard by the Appellate Division Chamber Judge court.
Judge Md Nurul Islam of Dhaka First Joint District Judge and Election Tribunal cancelled the results of the 2020 DSCC election and announced BNP Leader Ishraque Hossain as DSCC mayor on March 27 last.
The Election Commission on April 27 issued the gazette notification, declaring the BNP leader as mayor.
