DHAKA, May 20, (V7N) – The High Court today set tomorrow to deliver its order on a writ petition challenging the judgment of the Dhaka First Joint District Judge and Election Tribunal, which had declared BNP leader Ishraque Hossain the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).

“Tomorrow at 12:30 PM,” stated a short order passed by a High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury, after conducting a hearing on the matter.

Supreme Court lawyer and DSCC resident Md Mamunur Rashid filed the writ petition, which was moved by Advocate Mohammad Hossain.

Senior jurists AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Barrister Kaiser Kamal, and Barrister AKM Ehsanur Rahman presented arguments on behalf of Ishraque.

On March 27, Judge Md Nurul Islam of the Dhaka First Joint District Judge and Election Tribunal had cancelled the results of the 2020 DSCC election and announced BNP Leader Ishraque Hossain as the DSCC mayor. The Election Commission subsequently issued the gazette notification on April 27, formally declaring the BNP leader as mayor.

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