Appellate Division Committee to Probe Proceedings in 18 Primary Teacher Recruitment Cases, Report Due by November 23
A committee formed by the Appellate Division will investigate whether there was fraud, irregularity or inconsistency in the judgments and judicial proceedings of 18 cases concerning primary teacher recruitment.
The court has directed the committee, headed by the Registrar General of the Supreme Court, to submit its report by November 23. November 26 has been fixed for the next order after the report is received.
A five-judge bench of the Appellate Division led by the Chief Justice passed the order on Monday, November 2. Supreme Court public relations officer Md Shafiqul Islam later confirmed the order.
Registrar General Muhammad Habibub Rahman Siddique said the investigation work will begin after the written order of the court is received.
Of the 18 cases, Md Kamal Hossain served as lawyer in 12 cases. Mohammad Siddik Ullah Mia was lawyer in three cases. The lawyers in the other three cases were Md Borhan Khan, Syed Md Jahangir Hossain and Sajjad-ul-Islam.
Additional Attorney General Mohammad Anik Rushd Haque took part in the hearing for the state in court. Zainul Abedin, AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Syed Mamun Mahbub took part in the hearing for Siddik Ullah Mia.
After the order, Zainul Abedin told reporters that all 18 cases will come under the investigation. If any irregularity or inconsistency is found in the investigation, it will be mentioned in the report. The court will then give its next decision.
Earlier, when the hearing began on an appeal against a High Court verdict given against the government, the state raised allegations of various irregularities and inconsistencies in the judgments of these cases on October 28. In response, the Appellate Division led by the Chief Justice reviewed the files of the cases.
