A writ petition was filed on Saturday with the High Court seeking its direction to annul the schedule of the forthcoming parliamentary elections, which were declared by the Election Commission, before the dissolution of the parliament.
Petitioner, Eunus Ali Akond, a Supreme Court lawyer, said he lodged the petition because the Appellate Division, in its verdict that scrapped the caretaker government system, gave a “direction” to dissolve the parliament 42 days before the general elections.
The EC said the upcoming tenth national elections would be held on January 5. The parliament has yet to be dissolved.
The Cabinet Secretary, Law Secretary, Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commission Secretary were listed as respondents to the writ petition.
The verdict says, “In the case of holding the general elections at the discretion of the parliament, the parliament should be dissolved at a reasonable time before the polls; the period may be 42 days.”
The petitioner on November 24 also lodged a writ petition seeking a direction of the High Court to the premier to advise the president, so that he could dissolve the parliament 42 days before the tenth parliamentary polls.
Eunus Ali Akond has so far lodged about 30 writ petitions over political, educational and constitutional issues.