Hearing on petition seeking directive not to shoot students postponed again as judge still sick
Supreme Court lawyers Ainun Nahar Siddiqa and Manzur Al Matin filed the petition, which also sought the release of six coordinators from the Detective Branch custody
The High Court has again postponed the hearing on the writ petition seeking directives for law enforcement agencies not to shoot at quota reform protesters during their programmes.
The hearing was initially scheduled for yesterday but it was postponed to today as Judge SM Masud Dolon of the HC bench hearing the petition fell ill.
He has taken a leave today as well, that is why the hearing has been postponed, said court sources.
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Supreme Court lawyers Ainun Nahar Siddiqa and Manzur Al Matin filed the petition, which also sought the release of six coordinators from the Detective Branch custody, on Monday, keeping the cabinet secretary, secretary of the home ministry, inspector general of police and others concerned as respondents to the petition.
On Tuesday, the HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice SM Masud Hossain Dolon said it was ashamed of the violence and deaths during the quota reform protests, adding, "None of us are doing our constitutional duty."
The bench said, "What the police will do is clearly stated in the Code of Criminal Procedure [CRPC]. But none of us are doing our constitutional duty. We are ashamed of the violence and deaths of people during the anti-quota movement."
Previously, the HC expressed its indignation over the release of a video showing six coordinators of the quota reform movement dining at the DB office in Dhaka, terming the incident a "mockery" of the nation.
