The High Court Monday suspended proceedings for three months of an ACC case against former caretaker government adviser Justice Fazlul Huq, charged with earning illegal wealth. The High Court bench of Justice Mirza Hossein Haider and Justice Mamnun Rahman gave the order on a writ petition submitted by Fazlul Huq challenging the validity of the case. The court also issued a rule nisi on the Anticorruption Commission and the government to show cause within four weeks as to why the filing of the case and its proceedings should not be declared without legal authority. Advocate Helaluddin Mollah, representing the petitioner, the ACC did not follow due process in filing the case and pressing charges. He said the law stipulates that three members of the commission must approve the filing of a case and submission of the chargesheet. More info.......
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