STAFF CORRESPONDENT

The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning the legality of the Election Commission’s decision to cancel the candidacy of National Citizen Party (NCP) Joint Convener Monira Sharmin for women’s reserved seat in the 13th National Parliament.

In the rule, the court asked the EC and the government to explain why the cancellation of Monira Sharmin’s nomination paper should not be declared illegal.

The bench of Justice Razik-Al-Jalil and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury passed the order following a writ petition filed by Monira Sharmin challenging the cancellation of her candidacy.

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