A High Court-directed committee has found that the print version of Bangabandhu’s historic March 7 in the constitution contains 136 errors.
A report in this regard from the Ministry of Law was submitted to the relevant bench of the High Court on Thursday.
The bench of justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Khizir Hayat will hear the writ petition in this regard but the date has not been fixed yet, said petitioner’s lawyer Subir Nandi Das.
“Hopefully the High Court will hear the petition next week,” he said.
On March 10, 2020, the bench of Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed the order after a hearing on a writ filed by Supreme Court lawyer Subir Nandi Das on behalf of Kashed Ali, a resident of Raynagar village in Rajbari, on March 5.
The court also sought a report with all the documents after analyzing every audio and video of the speech within six weeks.
According to the order, a committee was formed, led by Prof Shamsuzzaman Khan (late), former chairman of Bangla Academy. Journalist Zafar Wazed, director general of Bangladesh Press Institute, was made member secretary of the committee. The other members of the committee are prominent historian and writer Muntasir Uddin Khan Mamun, former deputy director general of Bangladesh Betar Ashfaqur Rahman, Director General of Bangladesh Betar Hosne Ara Talukder, Director General of the Department of Film and Publications M Golam Kibria and Director General of Bangladesh Television SM Harun-ur-Rashid.
Besides, the court issued a rule asking the authorities concerned why directives should not be given for attaching to the constitution the accurate speech delivered by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 7, 1971.
