A trouble-shooting meeting called by Supreme Court Bar Association president Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Sunday ended inconclusive as the pro-Awami League senior lawyers did not turn up.
The meeting was called to resolve the problems arising out of the scuffle between pro-BNP and pro-AL lawyers on August 2 on advice of the chief justice.
The trouble broke out when a High Court bench made certain remarks about opposition leader Khaleda Zia while issuing orders upon a writ petition against Mufti Fazlul Huq Aminee for his derogatory remarks against the constitution.
The police filed two cases on the incidents of August 2-3 against 22 pro-BNP and pro-Jamaat lawyers, accusing them of assaulting police. Three of them – Syeda Asifa Papya MP of BNP, Tauhidul Islam and Abu Bakar Siddque – were arrested on August 3. One of the accused lawyers, Mohammad Ali, took shelter in the office of the SCBA president to avoid arrest.
In view of the situation, Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, following the advice of the chief justice invited about 70 senior lawyers of the bar to the meeting at 3:30pm. But pro-AL lawyers did not attend the meeting on the plea that the SCBA president had been working in the interest of a particular political party and giving shelter to an accused lawyer.
However, 19 pro-BNP and pro-jamaat lawyers including Maudud Ahmed, former law adviser Mainul Hossain, AF Hassan Arif, AJ Mohammad Ali, Rafiqul Islam Mia, Abdur Razzak, ABM Nurul Islam, Khan Saifur Rahman, Abdur Rezzak Khan, Abdul Wahab, and Rafiqul Islam attended the meeting.
The meeting was adjourned till 3:30pm today without any decision. The SCBA president would take fresh initiative to woo the pro-AL lawyers to attend today's meeting.
Source : New Age
