The High Court yesterday sought the records of the appeal on which lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari secured bail from the High Court.
It also ordered the inspector general of prisons and the superintendent of Chittagong jail to submit a report before it on the jail tenure of Nizam for an arms case.
The section concerned of the Supreme Court has to provide the record by August 31.
The bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Khurshid Alam Sarkar passed the order.
On June 8, following a writ petition filed by Shakhwat Hossain, ex-joint convener of Feni district Jubo League, the court asked Nizam to explain under what authority he was holding office as the lawmaker of Feni 2 constituency.
It also wanted to know why the seat should not be declared vacant.
Responding to an earlier order of the High Court, the jail authorities informed the court in writing that the uncontested lawmaker was freed on July 1, 2006.
Shakhawat in his petition said Nizam was supposed to serve in jail till September 13, 2010, and he would not be qualified to contest in the parliamentary elections the next five years as per the constitution.
The petitioner said Nizam could not be a candidate in the parliamentary election before September 2015, as per the constitution.
The writ petition mentioned that on August 16, 2000, a Chittagong court sentenced Nizam to 10 years in jail in an arms case. He, however, was released after serving only five years in prison.
Although he appealed against the verdict with the High Court and the Appellate Division, the appeals were dismissed, said the plea. Even his review petition was rejected.
But Chittagong jail authority said Nizam had obtained bail from the High Court in 2006.
