The Supreme Court has fixed July 13 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 Chamber judge Justice Hasan Foyez Siddique fixed the date, sending the petition to the full bench of Appellate Division for hearing on Tuesday.
Earlier on Monday, Khaleda challenged the High Court rulings that rejected petitions to stop trials against her and others in two corruption cases.
Lawyers for the former premier filed separate petitions with the Appellate Division on Monday.
Mahbub Uddin Khokon, filed petitions seeking permission of the apex court to file appeals against the High Court rulings.
Asaduzzaman lodged petitions seeking a stay on the High Court orders that rejected Khaleda’s pleas questioning the appointment of a lower court Judge Basudev Roy who indicted her in the cases.
The bench of Justice Borhanuddin and Justice KM Kamrul Kader on April 23 rejected the BNP chief’s pleas challenging indictment orders in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases.
By a majority view, the High Court on June 19 rejected the pleas challenging the appointment of the judge.
Basudev on the same day deferred for the third time the recording of testimonies until Wednesday.