Election fever
Bhola: SC clears way for holding Char Fashion polls
The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for holding election to Char Fashion municipality in the district scheduled to be held on January 27.
Justice S K Sinha, chamber judge of the Appellate Division, yesterday stayed for six weeks a High Court order that halted the process for holding election to this municipality, reports a correspondent.
The judge passed the order following a petition filed by the Election Commission seeking stay on the HC order.
He also asked the EC to file a regular leave to appeal petition with the SC against the HC order within six weeks.
Additional Attorney General MK Rahman told this correspondent that now there is no legal bar to holding polls in the municipality on January 27 following the apex court order.
In response to a writ petition, the HC on December 15 last stayed the election process.
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