Dhaka, Jan 3 (UNB) – The chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has rejected a writ petition filed by Insaniyat Biplab Bangladesh for dissolving parliament and declaring  an election schedule under the supervision of the army.

The court also fined Imam Hayat, chairman of Insaniyat Biplab, Tk 100,000. and asked to pay the money to Anjuman Mofidul Islam within a week. 

Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order on Wednesday.

Advocate Abdur Rouf stood for the writ petitioner. The court said there have been several petitions on the same issue before. The matter has been settled. Besides, there is no provision in the constitution to dissolve parliament.

Rouf filed the petition on behalf of Insaniyat Biplob Bangladesh. Later in the afternoon, the chamber judge beard the petition. 

Insaniyat Biplab Bangladesh, a newly registered political party, filed the writ petition on December 10. Secretaries to the Law and Justice Division, Legislative Division, cabinet secretary, and chief election commissioner were made respondents in the petition.

Earlier on Tuesday, speaking to UNB after filing the appeal, Insaniyat Chairman Imam Hayat said, “In the last election, we observed that the ruling MPs misused government power in their respective constituencies and used the administration, police, and their own armed men to occupy the polling centres and obstruct others from casting their votes.”

He said, "It is impossible to have an impartial election by retaining the parliament. In order to protect the country and democracy through free and fair elections, we have filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking an order to dissolve the parliament before conducting elections under the direct supervision of the army, heading the interim government."

The first writ was dismissed in the court of Justice Iqbal Kabir and Justice Biswajit Debnath in December. After sending legal notices to the EC and others, an appeal was filed for reconsideration, which was heard on December 27, 2023, and the same court that disposed of the first writ petition expressed reluctance to hear the appeal. That led to the appeal filed on Tuesday. 

The Party has boycotted the next election.