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HC set to hear today petitions by two former premiers

Staff Correspondent
The High Court (HQ is set today to hear petitions filed by former prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina for quashing the proceedings of three separate corruption cases filed by the Anticorruption Commission (ACQ FROM PAGE 1 against them.
Khaleda Zia on October 12 filed a petition with the HC to quash the proceedings of the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case against her.
An HC bench comprised of Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Huq and Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury yesterday fixed today (Tuesday) for the hearing.
Khaleda in her petition filed with the HC prayed for staying of the proceedings of the case and Issuing a rule upon the government to explain why the proceedings against her should not be quashed.
Another bench of the HC comprising Justice Sheikh Rezowan Ali and Justice Md Rais Uddin is set today to hold the final hearing on two writ petitions filed by Sheikh Hasina for quashing the proceedings against her in the Niko and barge-mounted power plant cases.
On September 29, the same HC bench rejected a bail petition filed by Sheikh Hasina in the extortion case filed by Noor Ali.
Responding to writ petitions filed on her behalf on July 7, the HC stayed for two months all proceedings of the Niko and barge-mounted power plant cases.
It issued separate rules asking the government and the ACC to explain why the cases should not be quashed. In August, the HC extended the tenure of its orders and fixed October 14 (today) for hearing the rules.
On October 5, a vacation bench of the HC comprising Justice Mohammad Anwarul Haque and Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury directed the government not to harass or arrest Hasina at home or abroad till October 20 in
these cases.
It however did not grant her bail in the cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Sheikh Hasina is now on parole overseas for treatment.
She was released on June 11.
On September 16, the HC vacation bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Mamnoon Rahman granted three months' ad interim bail to the former premier in the Azam Chowdhury extortion case. It also stayed the case proceedings against her till October 19.
Sheikh Hasina stands accused in 15 cases. She is on bail in all 10 cases filed during the BNP-led four-party alliance rule.
Of the five cases filed after the present caretaker government took over in January last year, three are extortion cases filed by businessmen Noor Ali. Azam Chowdh ury and Tajul Islam Faruq and the other two are the Niko and barge-mounted power plan t graft cases filed by ACC.