The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld a High Court verdict that abolished the provision of making the Anti-Corruption Commission commissioners accountable to its chairman.
A four-member bench of Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed a “no-order” on Sunday afternoon.
Earlier, ACC Chairman M Bodiuzzaman filed a petition seeking stay on the HC verdict.
Bodiuzzaman’s lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan said his client would file a leave-to- appeal with the Supreme Court challenging the development.
On November 19, the High Court declared the section 12 (2) of the ACC Act 2004 invalid as well as illegal, and it abolished the provision of making ACC commissioners accountable to its chairman.
The section 12 (2) under the ACC Act 2004 says, “The ACC commissioners shall carry out the duties entrusted to them under the overall supervision and control of the chairman and the commissioners shall be accountable to the chairman”.