The High Court yesterday asked the government to explain in a week why its inaction in taking steps against ATM Azharul Islam for his remark "undermining" the Supreme Court should not be declared illegal.
Azharul, acting secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, at a press conference at Jamaat office on July 19 said the government scrapped the caretaker government system by exploiting the Supreme Court.
The court gave the order following a supplementary petition filed by Dhaka University teacher Prof Wahiduzzaman Chan who had earlier filed a writ petition challenging the remark of the Jamaat leader.
An HC bench of Justice ATM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore issued a rule on July 25 asking Azharul to explain why he should not be punished for contempt of court by making the remark.
The court directed Azharul the same day to appear before it on August 8 to explain his remark.
Azharul appeared before the court as per its order and the court on that day (August 8) fixed August 9 for passing its order on the issue.
Source : The Daily Star
