Withdrawal of case against eminent lawyers demanded

As part of the programme, a meeting was held at Shaheed Ahad Hall on Supreme Court premises in the city. The meeting was followed by a procession where the lawyers took part.

Blaming the BNP-Jamaat alliance for plotting to damage the positive relationship between the bench and bar, the leaders urged the lawyers to be aware and cautious.

They also demanded punishment of the people involved in submitting 'false' charge sheet against the eminent lawyers.

They called upon the lawyers' community to resist BNP-Jamaat alliance's politicisation of judiciary.

Advocate Khandakar Mahbub Hossain chaired the meeting while Subrata Chowdhury, M Enayetur Rahim, Abdul Halim and other lawyers spoke.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Bar Council in a statement yesterday condemned filing case against the eminent lawyers.

The organisation termed the case 'false' and politically motivated.