War crimes convict Mir Quasem Ali has appealed to the Supreme Court against a death sentence handed down by the International Crimes Tribunal.
Mir Quasem's lawyer Shishir Monir filed the petition on Sunday afternoon.
The defence sought to argue 181 points in its 150-page petition. They also submitted 1,750 pages of documents regarding the case.
After filling the petition, Shishir Monir briefed reporters on the Supreme Court premises.
He said: "We hope that we will get justice at the apex court."
These appeals are generally taken up by an Appellate Division bench, headed by the Chief Justice himself.
On November 3, the International Crimes Tribunal 2 awarded death penalty to Mir Quasem Ali, known as a key financier of the anti-liberation party, for his alleged crimes against humanity committed in Chittagong during the 1971 Liberation War.
The tribunal handed down death penalty in two charges for killing seven people, including one Jasimuddin, after abduction.
He was awarded a total of 72-year imprisonment on other charges of abduction, conspiracy and planning. Four charges were not proved.
Mir Quasem, who is originally from Munshidangi Sutalori under Harirampur in Manikganj, joined Islami Chhatra Sangha, then student wing of Jamaat, in 1967 while studying at Chittagong Collegiate School. He later became its Chittagong City unit general secretary.
Mir Quasem played an important role in forming al-Badr Bahini that orchestrated systematic killing of freedom fighters and intellectuals.
He had set up makeshift torture camps at different places in the port city including Daleem Hotel in Andorkilla, where pro-liberation people were confined and tortured. Other allegations against him include involvement in mass killings in Asadnagar and Panchlaish areas.
In collaboration with the Pakistani occupation forces Mir Quasem opened several torture cells in the city including Dost Mohammad Panjabi building and Salma Manjil where M Omar-ul-Islam and Lutfar Rahman Faruk, among others, were tortured following abduction.