The High Court has asked nine private television stations for video footage of a discussion where BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Moudud Ahmed alleged that the court is calling the shots.
The bench of justices AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Gobinda Chandra Tagore on Thursday asked the channels to produce CDs of the programme held at National Press Club on Wednesday.
ATN News, ATN Bangla, Channel I, Mohana TV, Diganta TV, Desh TV, NTV, Independent TV and My TV were asked to hand
over the CDs in seven
days after getting the
copy of the order.
Acting secretary general Fakhrul at the discussion said, 'Former chief justice [ABM] Khairul Haque has taken courts to such level that they are deciding whether or not everything in the country including clubs, playgrounds, rivers will remain. Now, the court is running the country.'
'In such a situation,
it appears there's no need for a government,' he added.
Standing committee member Moudud said, '[Today] the government is controlling the administration and the judiciary. It has declared a war against the media and is obstructing people from speaking the truth.'
Attorney general Mahbubey Alam brought the issue to the court's notice.
At the hearing, he said, 'A programme at the National Press Club was told that the court runs the country. It'd not be proper to speak about it now.
You'll know if that amounts to contempt of court after watching the video footage.'
The BNP chief, Khaleda Zia, had to leave her cantonment house upon orders by the highest court of the country.
The top constitutional court also threw out the fifth, seventh and 13th amendments to the constitution and annulled the caretaker government provision. All these verdicts were presided over by Justice Khairul Haque.
Source : New Age
