SC lawyer apologises for ‘derogatory’ FB post on Chief Justice

Advocate Syed Mamun Mahbub today offered unconditional apology to the Supreme Court for posting a derogatory status about Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and the judiciary on Facebook on August 11.

Mamun, an SC lawyer, virtually appeared before a full bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by the chief justice in the morning and apologised unconditionally to it during hearing a contempt of court rule issued by the court against him. 

The SC lawyer told the apex court that he had mistakenly used a word while posting a status on his Facebook profile, which he deleted later.     

After hearing on the issue, the Appellate Division fixed August 23 on the contempt of court rule. 

Several lawyers including senior counsels M Amir-Ul Islam, Rokanuddin Mahmud, Zainul Abedin, AJ Mohammad Ali and AM Amin Uddin appeared for Syed Mamun Mahbub while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Additional Attorney General Murad Reza represented the state during the virtual proceedings.

On August 12, the apex court summoned Advocate Mamun to appear before it today (August 20) for posting the status.