The High Court on Wednesday asked two politicians and a talk-show host of a private television channel to appear in court on August 18 on charge of making derogatory remark about the court.
It issued a rule suo moto asking the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson's adviser Ahmed Azam Khan and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal leader Razequzzaman Ratan and Anjan Roy, the anchor of Ekushey Television's talk-show Ekusher Rat, to explain in two weeks why they would not be punished on charge of contempt of court.
The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore also asked the ETV authorities to submit the video clips of the programme to it by August 12 for examination.
The rule was issued on charge of questioning and scandalising the authority of the High Court, deputy attorney general ABM Altaf Hossain told reporters.
In the talk-show, the three said that the judges had written an essay on cow while writing an essay on river in passing order on a petition filed against the Islami Oikya Jote faction chairman Fazlul Huq Amini.
The same bench on August 2 warned the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, not to make any further indecorous comments about the constitution.
The court passed the order during the hearing in a writ petition filed by writer Shahriyar Kabir seeking direction on the government to take legal action against Fazlul Haque Amini for reportedly saying in his office at Lalbagh on July 14 that the amended constitution would not only be thrown away but would also be thrown into the dustbin.
The court had passed the August 2 order amid a scuffle between pro-Awami League and pro-BNP lawyers in the courtroom as the pro-BNP lawyers were opposing the pronouncement of the order saying that the court should not pass an order against Khaleda as the petition was not filed against her.
In the talk-show, the two politicians questioned the pronouncement of the order against Khaleda during the hearing in the petition against Amini.
Source : New Age
