SC stays HC verdict on detention of death-row convicts in condemned cells
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge of the Appellate Division, passed the order after hearing the government appeal seeking a stay of the verdict.
The Supreme Court's Appellate Division today (15 May) stayed till 25 August the High Court ruling that prohibited the detention of death row convicts in condemned cells before the finalisation of their death sentences.
At the same time, the court directed the government to file a regular appeal against the High Court's verdict by 25 August.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge of the Appellate Division, passed the order after hearing the government appeal seeking a stay of the verdict.
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Earlier on 13 May, the High Court ruled that it is illegal and unlawful to detain death row convicts in the condemned cell of the prison before their appeals are finally disposed of in the Appellate Division.
The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Md Bazlur Rahman announced the ruling following a writ petition jointly filed by three death row convicts.
