Rule Against Asif Nazrul
HC requests some lawyers to be amicus curiae
The High Court (HC) yesterday requested some eminent lawyers to give their expert opinions as amicus curiae (friend of court) before it on April 29 on the rule issued earlier against Asif Nazrul, a professor at Dhaka University.
During the hearing, the court also asked Asif to appear before it on the day.
The DU teacher yesterday appeared before the bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim as per its March 15 order.
The amici curiae include Mahmudul Islam, Rafique-ul Huq, M Amir-Ul Islam, M Zahir, Moudud Ahmed, AF Hasan Ariff, Mahbubey Alam, Akter Imam, Rafique-ul Islam Miah and Abdul Matin Khasru.
The HC issued the rule upon the government following a writ petition filed by Md Nawsher Ali Mollah, a Supreme Court lawyer, on March 15. The court in its rule asked the government to explain why it should not be directed to file a sedition case against Asif for making a “provocative statement” about the prospective next government.
Asif allegedly commented at a live talk-show on private TV Bangla Vision on March 12 that if the prime minister and the opposition leader were asked who would come to the power next, they would perhaps reply that a third power would.
Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud appeared for Asif while Barrister Nawsher Ali Mollah himself moved the writ petition.
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