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SC lawyers now divided on work abstention programme

Staff Correspondent
The Supreme Court (SC) lawyers are divided into two groups on the issue of two-hour work abstention programme in the Appellate Division announced for tomorrow.
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on May 11 decided to stay away from moving cases in the Appellate Division for two hours from 9:00am to protest against a few recent judgments.
A group of lawyers led by Bangladesh Bar Council (BBC) Vice-chairman advocate Khondker Mahbub Hossain at a press conference yesterday said they would not join the protest programme announced by "a section of lawyers' under the banner of SCBA.
Meanwhile, SCBA President barrister Shafique Ahmed told newspersons at his office the lawyers have unanimously decided about the protest programme at a general meeting of hundreds of lawyers.
■*Khondkcr Mahbub Hossain's statement and press conference were not SCBA decisions. Those were his personal views. The SCBA mem -bers will observe the programme as per the earlier announcement," he said.
Mahbub Hossain told the press conference at the hall room of the annex building of the SCBA a vested quarter has recently started delivering statements and announcing court boycott programmes tarnishing the image of Uic court for their own interest.
"The SCBA cannot be a platform of any political party. But we have noticed that recently some SCBA officials are announcing anti-people programmes with a view to establishing political ideology," hesaid.
"We think such activities will damage the image of the judiciary and it is a move to foil the long expected independence of the judiciary."
He said if anybody becomes aggrieved with any the judgement delivered by the Appellate Division, they can file a review petition as per Article 105 of the Constitution to reconsider the judgement.
"Controversy has been created with two recent judgements which werfc unanimously delivered Iw all seven judges of the Appellate Division. So there is no scope of expressing angry reactions against only thcchiefjustice," heobserved.
Fie said the peace loving lawyers cannot agree with the "unconstitutional and undemocratic" decision ofSCBA.
He urged all including the lawyers to remain aware and conscious so that the image of SC cannot be damaged.
Advocates ABM Nurul Islam, Abdul Mannan, Atiar Rahman and Helaluddin, among others, were present at the press conference.