HC summons 2 SC lawyers on charge of contempt of court

The High Court today issued a contempt of court rule against two Supreme Court lawyers -- Syed Sayedul Haque Suman and Ishrat Hasan -- for allegedly posting derogatory comments about the judiciary on their Facebook accounts.

In the rule, the court asked the lawyers to explain why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them.

At the same time, the HC summoned Sayedul Haque Suman and Ishrat Hasan and asked them to appear before it on November 16 to place their explanations on this issue.

The HC bench of Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore and Justice Mohammad Ullah came up with the rule and summons order.