SC upholds suspension of Rajshahi Mayor Bulbul

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the suspension of Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul as the mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation till disposal of his writ petition at the High Court.

After hearing an appeal filed by the government, a four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, extended its chamber judge's order that stayed a High Court order halting the suspension of Bulbul.

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Bulbul cannot function as the city mayor following the SC order until disposal of the writ petition at the HC, Deputy Attorney General Khandaker Diliruzzaman told The Daily Star.

The Local Government Division on May 7 suspended Bulbul under section 12(1) of the local government (city corporation) act, 2009 saying that the court accepted charges against him in three cases after police pressed the charges.

On May 28, following a writ petition filed by Bulbul, the HC stayed the suspension for three months and issued a rule upon the government to explain why the suspension order should not be declared illegal.

On June 4, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique stayed the HC order till yesterday following the appeal moved by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.