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HC sends back writ petition challenging Jamaat charter
A High Court (HC) bench yesterday sent back a writ petition that challenged the legality of the constitution of Jamaat-e Islami Bangladesh. The HC bench of justices Syed Mahmud Hossain and Quamrul Islam Siddiqui said the petition involves political matters. Barrister Tania Amir, who appeared for the petitioners, took back the petition for moving it to another HC bench. Some 17 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Tarikat Federation, including its Secretary General Md Rezaul Haque Chandpuri, yesterday filed the writ petition saying Jamaat-e Islami is a religion-based political party. The petition also said the Jamaat constitution has discriminatory rules regarding religion and sex which are against the spirit of the constitution of the republic, Representation of People Order (RPO), 2008, and section 20(1) of Special Powers Act 1974. Posted by: Fred 2008-10-14 |
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