The Supreme Court has fixed August 13 to pass an order on the contempt of court rule issued against the daily Janakantha editor and publisher, and its executive editor.
A six-member bench of the Appellate Division fixed the date on Monday afternoon.
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On Sunday, a four-member bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha heard the attorney general and the defence counsel and fixed Monday for the larger hearing.
The apex court issued the contempt rule against the newspaper Editor and Publisher Atiqullah Khan Masud and its Executive Editor Swadesh Roy on July 29 centring an article that was published on July 16.
The article titled “Activity of SQ Chy’s family: Less chances to escape” said that the family members of the condemned war criminal had met with one of the judges dealing with the case of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. The contempt rule was issued after the apex court upheld the death penalty given by the war crimes tribunal.