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SC lawyers to stay away from court today

Staff Correspondent
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) lawyers are scheduled to refrain from attending the Appellate Division proceedings for two hours from 9:00am today, protesting a recent few judgments of tire court.
Meanwhile, another group of lawyers led by Bangladesh Bar Council (BBC) Vice-chairman Advocate Khondker Mahbub Hossain, who was appointed to the post by the military backed caretaker government, opposed the SCBA decision and decided to attend the court proceedings this morning standing against the protesters.
SCBA, on May 11, at an urgent general meeting decided to abstain from the proceedings in Appellate Division from 9:00am to 11:00am today, and its Secretary Md Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday sent a letter informing the chief justice about the decision.
Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a Hong Kong based regional human rights organisation, in a statement hailed SCBA's decision.
SCBA President Barrister Shafique Ahmed told journalists at his office yesterday afternoon that disciplinary actions will be taken against Khondker Mahbub Hossain according to the rules of SCBA constitution, for making statements against the bar association without its members consent.
"SCBA members will observe the work abstention programme as per the earlier announcement in order to establish rule of law and human rights in the country. We have already conveyed our decision to the chief justice who was once a secretary of the association. We think that he will honour the sentiment of the bar," he said.
He claimed Khondker Mahbub Hossain has been making statements against SCBA to appease a specific quarter' after his defeat in the SCBA election.
"The Appellate Division proceedings cannot take place, if the majority of lawyers don't attend the court. The judges play the role of umpires in the court and if the lawyers don't cooperate, judicial functions will come to a halt," he added.
Barrister Shafique also said they will request the chief justice to prohibit members of intelligent agencies on the court premises, as their presence in the court is tanta mount to interference in the independence of the judiciary'.
Khondker Mahbub Hossain told The Daily Star that most of the SC lawyers will attend the court this morning foiling the protest programme announced by 'a sec-
tion of lawyers under the banner of SCBA'.
"Wait and see what the lawyers do on Thursday. Barrister Shafique Ahmed is a lawyer of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and he works for Awami League. Being defeated in the cases at the Appellate Division. Shafique Ahmed has been trying to use SCBA as a platform for that party against the Supreme Court,” he said.
He also said the lawyers will take actions against Shafique Ahmed according to the rules of SCBA constitution, 'for turning the bar association into a political platform'.