Appellate Division upholds Chamber Court order staying HC directive on Manjurul’s name in BB defaulters list
No legal bar remains for him to take part in the election, says his lawyer
The Appellate Division's Chamber Judge Court has upheld an earlier Chamber Court order that stayed the High Court directive to withhold the name of BNP candidate for Cumilla-4 (Debidwar), Manjurul Ahsan Munshi, from the Bangladesh Bank's loan defaulters list.
On 8 January, Chamber Justice Md Rezaul Haque stayed the High Court order that had withheld Manjurul Ahsan Munshi's name from the list of loan defaulters. Seeking withdrawal of that stay order, Munshi filed an application on Wednesday (14 January).
After hearing the application, Chamber Justice Farah Mahbub disposed of the matter on Wednesday and upheld the earlier Chamber Court order.
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Confirming the development to The Business Standard, Manjurul's lawyer, Saifullah Mamun, said that his client has already paid a large portion of the loan of Premier Bank, and rescheduled the debt.
"When we submitted the withdrawal application of the previous Chamber Court order, the judge took it into consideration and upheld the previous High Court order.
"At the same time, the judge gave an order to dispose of the High Court ruling issued in this regard within two weeks," he said.
Saifullah also said that as a result of this order, there is currently no legal bar to Manjurul Ahsan Munshi taking part in the election.
The Cumilla-4 candidate Manjurul Ahsan Munshi is the managing director of a company named MAM Power Limited. His name appeared on the list of loan defaulters for failing to repay loans taken under the name of MAM Power Limited from Premier Bank and IDLC Finance Ltd.
Earlier, Justice AKM Rabiul Hasan's High Court bench withheld Munshi's name from the list of loan defaulters as well as issued a rule asking why his name should not be permanently removed from the list of loan defaulters, following which, Premier Bank authorities filed an application in the Chamber Court seeking suspension of that order.
On 8 January, after hearing separate applications from Premier Bank and IDLC Finance Ltd, Chamber Justice Md Rezaul Haque's court suspended the High Court order.
