[vinnomot] The High Court's advice for seeking justice to the Almighty Allah

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

[vinnomot] The High Court's advice for seeking justice to the Almighty Allah

We are very disappointed to learn that The High Court's advice for seeking justice to the Almighty Allah as the Appellate Division barred the High Court from hearing any bail petitions under the Emergency Powers Rules and was yet to deliver the full verdicts detailing the grounds for such a stand of the highest court. Seeking bail in a graft case, the High Court bench of Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Ataur Rahman Khan on Monday advised petitioner's counsel to seek justice to the almighty Allah saying that the hands of the judges were tied and they cannot go by the oath they took under the constitution. It is well observed by the nation that the High Court bench uttered the words with deep shock and the lawyers at the highest judiciary had nothing to do but to lament, seeking bail to the Almighty Allah.

The Supreme Court's recent judgements that imposed a complete bar on seeking bail, even in the High Court, in the cases under the Emergency Powers Rules. Then how a Dhaka court Wednesday granted former army chief Gen (retd) Mustafizur Rahman bail till June 2 in MIG-29 warplane purchase graft case?If the Supreme Court fails to take the route of conciliation rather than confrontation, it will be leading the nation to nowhere as envisaged by the judges. If the apex court fails to do so, then the long expected independent judicial system to tied hands of judges could be transformed into a roadmap to wilderness.

Gopal Sengupta

Canada

gopalsengupta@aol.com

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