Bangladesh’s Supreme Court docket on Sunday dismissed an attraction by Jamaat-e-Islami, the nation’s largest Islamist occasion, which sought the reversal of a 2013 Excessive Court docket ruling that declared the occasion unlawful. The choice barring the occasion from contesting elections was primarily based on the rationale that it had violated the constitutional precept of secularism. Therefore, the occasion can not take part within the upcoming nationwide elections scheduled for January 7.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court docket headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan delivered the decision. Jamaat-e-Islami’s legal professional, Matiur Rahman Akanda, addressed the media after the dismissal of their attraction. Earlier, he had expressed resolve to proceed with the case when confronted with an injunction plea filed by the opposition.
The 2013 ruling was in response to a public curiosity case filed by a number one Sufi group in January 2009 in search of to cancel the occasion’s registration with the Election Fee. The predominant cause for public sentiment towards Jamaat-e-Islami was its opposition to the formation of Bangladesh through the nation’s Liberation Battle of 1971.
