Dhaka,
Aug 10 (UNB) - The full court meeting of the Supreme Court, which was scheduled
to be held on Saturday, was postponed amid protests.
Several hundred
protestors, including students and lawyers, gathered on the Supreme Court
premises today, demanding resignation of the chief justice and the judges of
the Appellate Division.
Md Shafiqul Islam,
public relations officer of Supreme Court, said in the Chief Justice had called
a full court meeting on Saturday to decide how to conduct the court proceedings
and discuss other issues.
Earlier in a Facebook
post today, Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, newly appointment adviser for the
Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Interim government, said that the Chief
Justice has called the meeting without discussing with the government.
"Any kind of
conspiracy of the defeated forces will not be tolerated. Lawyers have already
gathered to protest. We had earlier asked the Chief Justice to resign. If they
take a stance against the students and people and provoke them, they will have
to face terrible consequences.," he said in the post.
He also demanded
unconditional resignation of the Chief Justice and halt of the full court
meeting.
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