The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a High Court decision clearing the way for Ghulam Muhammad Quader, known as GM Quader, to perform the responsibilities as Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim dismissed a leave to appeal petition filed by expelled JP leader Ziaul Haque Mridha against the High Court ruling.
GM Quaders lawyer, Md Ozi Ullah, said there were no legal bar for his client to carry out his responsibilities as the JP Chairman following the Supreme Court order.
Mridha, a former JP lawmaker, filed the petition in February last year through his lawyer Md Helal Uddin, seeking to prevent GM Quader from engaging in party activities. In the petition, he sought a stay from the Supreme Court on the High Court order that on February 5 last year cleared the way for GM Quader to perform the responsibilities as the party chairman.
On February 5, 2023, the HC stayed a Dhaka court order that on January 19 the same year prohibited GM Quader from taking part in any activities of Jatiya Party on charge of irregularities in running the party.
