Staff Reporter:
The High Court (HC) yesterday delivered its judgment, discharging a rule issued in response to a writ petition seeking national identity cards without photographs but with biometric features in-stead.
A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Iqbal Kabir and Justice S M Saiful Islam pro-nounced the judgment, after holding hearing on the ruling.
Advocates Sk Omar Sharif and Md Elyas Ali Mondal appeared for the writ petitioner, while advo-cate Kamal Hossain Miaji represented the Election Commission.
“Following yesterday’s judgment, national identity cards cannot be issued without photographs,” said advocate Kamal Hossain Miaji.
Sumaiya Ahmad Muna, a resident of Shantibagh in the capital,, filed the writ petition on February 10, 2022, seeking a national identity card without a photograph but with biometric features.
Following a hearing on the petition, the High Court had issued the rule. The HC yesterday dis-charged the rule and disposed of the writ petition.
