Hearing on writ seeking ban on AL Thursday

The High Court (HC) has fixed 22 August for the hearing of a writ, filed seeking ban on Awami League (AL) and cancellation of its registration as a political party for indiscriminate killing of students and commoners, during the quota reform protest and mass uprising.

The High Court bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Muhammad Mahbub Ul Islam fixed the date today following a short hearing.

The writ petition was filed yesterday with the High Court by Arifur Rahman Bhuiyan, executive director of rights group “Sarda Society”.

In this writ, he also pleaded to rename all the institutions across the country named after ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The petitioner made pleas for allowing the incumbent interim government minimum three years time to carry out the reform, transfer of all the contractual appointments made during the past Awami League government, among others.