Writ challenges law scy appointment legality
Staff Reporter Published: 8 August 2017, 08:43 AM
| Updated: 8 August 2017, 08:52 AM
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday challenging the legality of the appointment of Law and Justice Division Secretary Abu Saleh Sheikh Md Zahirul Haque.
A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer Advocate Mohammad Ashraf-Uz-Zaman filed the writ petition with the High Court (HC).
On August 6, the government appointed Abu Saleh on a contractual basis on condition of cancellation of his leave prior retirement with the approval of the president.
The appointment of Abu Saleh will remain in force till August 7, 2019, according to a notification issued by the division on August 7.
