The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has passed an order saying GM Quader for now cannot perform political activities as the Jatiya Party (JaPa) chairman as per party's constitution.
A three-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foyez Siddiqui passed the order on Wednesday.
However, the Appellate Division ordered the disposal of the ongoing case in this regard by the lower court by January 9.
Barrister Sayed Ahmed Raja appeared for Jatiya Party's suspended leader and former lawmaker Ziaul Haque Mridha, who had filed the case against GM Quader, while Advocate Sheikh Sirajul Islam represented GM Quader.
On November 30, Chamber Judge M Enayetur Rahim stayed the High Court order allowing GM Quader to perform the duties of his post.
On November 29, the High Court cleared the way for GM Quader to perform his duties as the Jatiya Party chairman by staying the lower court embargo till January 3, following a revision petition.
Ziaul Haque Mridha filed the case against GM Quader on October 4.
On October 30, Dhaka Joint District Sessions Judge Court 1 issued a temporary embargo on the political activities of GM Quader.
On October 6, several lawyers including Sheikh Sirajul Islam and Kalim Ullah Majumdar stood for GM Quader with a petition to withdraw the ban on his political activities at the court.
In the petition, the lawyers also urged the court to lift the embargo to play his role as chairman as per the constitution of the party which had been dismissed by the same court on November 16.
Later, Quader filed a revision petition with the HC challenging the lower court order.
According to the case statement, the party's founder, HM Ershad, died on September 14, 2019.
Quader declared himself chairman of the party through forgery at a council on December 28, 2019 when a writ petition case was pending at the High Court.
Later, Quader as party chairman fired several leaders including Ranga, Gazipur metropolitan unit's advisor Ataur Rahman Sarkar and Organizing Secretary Sabur Sikdar, among others, by exercising his power as per the constitution of the party.
Besides, Ranga was also removed from the post of presidium member of the party on September 14 and Advocate Ziaul Hoque Mridha from the party on September 17.
In the case, orders were sought to declare all removals from December 28, 2019, to September 17, 2022 and council as illegal while the next council of the party to keep stayed unless the HC writ petition is disposed of.