SC to hear ACC's appeal against quashing of Hasina’s power plant graft case 15 July
The ACC filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station against seven people, including Sheikh Hasina on 2 September 2007
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (18 May) set 15 July for holding hearing on a leave to appeal petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), challenging the High Court order that quashed the barge-mounted power plant graft case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
A three-member Appellate Division bench headed by Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury set the date as the apex court wants to hear the matter by a full bench.
Lawyer Asif Hasan, who represented the ACC in the hearing, told reporters that the case was listed on today's cause list.
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The court has scheduled the hearing of the application before the full bench of the Appellate Division for 15 July, he said.
The ACC on 2 September 2007, filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station against seven people, including Sheikh Hasina.
The anti-graft body on 3 February 2008, filed the charge-sheet. A makeshift special judge court even examined six witnesses in the court.
The High Court later stayed the proceedings of the case. After Awami League assumed power in 2009, it took initiative to hold hearing on a rule to repeal the case. The High Court on 13 April 2010, declared the rule absolute and quashed the case proceedings.
The ACC, after so many years, finally filed the leave to appeal petition against the High Court order.
