Dinajpur Municipality Mayor Syed Jahangir Alam on Thursday sought unconditional apology appearing in the Supreme Court for his derogatory comments on an apex court justice.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique today fixed October 12 as the next day for a hearing regarding the matter after he pleaded for apology.
Four SC lawyers filed a petition seeking necessary directives against Jahangir's defamatory remarks against Justice M Enayetur Rahim, a senior judge of the Appellate Division, over a judgement he delivered in a case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.
On August 17, an Appellate Division bench directed him to appear before the court today.
The court also served a show cause notice to him asking why he should not be punished for disparaging a judge of the apex court.
It also asked Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) chairman to immediately remove the YouTube video containing his comments from the social media platforms.
Source: BSS