The High Court has fixed tomorrow (June 27) for a rule hearing on the question of forming a commission to discover the conspirators behind the creation of a false story of corruption in the Padma Bridge construction deal.
On Sunday (June 26), Justice Md. Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo High Court bench fixed this day.
Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik presented the rule for hearing in the court.
On February 15, 2017, a rule was issued asking why a commission of inquiry should not be directed to find out the real conspirators behind the Padma Bridge construction deal and the creation of false stories of corruption and why the culprits should not be brought to justice the High Court did. The cabinet, home, law, and communications secretaries and the chairman of the anti-corruption commission were asked to respond to the rule.
The High Court passed the order on February 14, 2017, following a report in a national daily titled ‘Yunus’ Demand for Justice: Awami League and Similar Parties Together’.
