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The High Court fixed Monday to deliver an order on the writ petition lodged by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging legality of the decision of authorities concerned to send her back to jail while she was undergoing treatment at BSMMU.
The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil passed the order after holding a hearing on supplementary information placed before it by Khaleda Zia’s lawyer yesterday, reports Banglanews24.com.
Earlier, the bench judged the petition on a number of days to deliver its order.
Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali moved for Khaleda Zia while Additional Attorney General Murad Reza stood for the state.
On November 11, Khaleda’s lawyer Barrister Nawshad Jamir filed the writ petition.
“Sending BNP Chairperson to jail without completing her treatment is against fundamental right. The prayer also made in the writ to ask authorities to continue her treatment after admitting her into a specialized hospital,” said Khaleda’s lawyers.
Besides, the court was prayed to issue a rule as to why Khaleda Zia will not be given enough treatment.
A total of nine persons, including the Home Secretary, the prison authorities and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University authorities, were made respondents to reply.
On October 6, Khaleda Zia was admitted to BSMMU as per HC directive and was taken back to city’s old central jail on November 8.
Khaleda Zia has been serving her five years’ sentence in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case since February 8, 2018.
She is now imprisoned in city’s old central jail.