SM Nur Mohammad
High Court appeal divisionremained the issued halt on the tender processes, regarding 5 India-Bangladesh bus-routes. Later, Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation filed ‘Leave to Appeal’ as a counter measure on the previous issue. The bench of Acting Chief Justice Md. Abdul Wahhab Miah subsisted the previous stance in the verdict, on Thursday. Issued rules are ordered to be settled by 14 December. These 5 routes are, Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka, Agartala-Dhaka-Kolkata-Agartala, Dhaka-Khulna-Kolkata-Dhaka, Dhaka-Agartala-Dhaka&Dhaka-Sylhet-Shilong-Guwahati. Barrister SM Rezaul Karim conducted hearing in favors of defendant BRTC. Barrister AMB Altaf Hossain & ARM Kamruzzaman Kakan were on the plaintiff’s side.
Translated by: Eshan Maitra