The Supreme Court has fixed November 6 for the hearing of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's appeal that challenged the High Court decision of rejecting her two petitions in two corruption cases.
The five-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Mozammel Hossain passed the order on Sunday.
The leave-to-appeal petition was filed against the High Court order that rejected Khaleda's petition challenging the legality of the appointment of a judge conducting two corruption cases.
Khaleda appealed to the Appellate Division against a High Court order passed on April 23 rejecting her two petitions challenging her indictments by the trial court on March 19 in the two cases.
On May 12, Khaleda Zia filed the writ petition challenging the legality of appointment of the judge who framed charges against Khaleda and six others at trial court. On June 19, High Court’s single bench of Justice Kazi Razaul Huq rejected the petition.
On July 07, Khaleda filed two petitions with the Appellate Division challenging the rejection order.
She also sought stay order on the trial proceedings.
On August 8, 2011, the ACC filed the Zia Charitable Trust graft case with Tejgaon police station accusing four people, including Khaleda Zia, for abusing power in raising funds for the trust from unknown sources.
The ACC filed the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on July 3, 2008 accusing Khaleda, her elder son Tarique Rahman and four others for misappropriating over Tk2.10 crore, which came as grants from a foreign bank for orphans.