Appellate Division takes complaint against Mayor Taposh into cognisance
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday took into cognizance a complaint made regarding comments made by Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh regarding the removal of a chief justice.
Responding to the complaint, the chief justice said, "We will read [what he said], and then come up with a decision about the matter."
Barrister M Amir-ul Islam, accompanied by pro-BNP lawyers, made the complaint on grounds of contempt of court to Chief Justice Hasan Faiz Siddiqui on Wednesday (24 May).
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While speaking at the Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad on Sunday (21 May), Mayor Taposh was quoted as saying that he had once removed a chief justice.
"Whichever civil servant tries to speak words of wisdom will be thrown into the Buriganga River in sacks," the mayor had reportedly said.
