The Appellate Division on Tuesday dismissed writs challenging the process of electing Mohammed Shahabuddin as president and the validity of the Election Commission's gazette in this regard.
Appellate Division Chamber Judge Jahangir Hossain Selim passed the order.
Earlier on 15 March, the High Court bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir dismissed the writs.
Supreme Court lawyer MA Aziz Khan filed the writ petition with the relevant branch of the High Court on March 7.
The Election Commission and the chief election commissioner (CEC) were made respondents in the writ petition.
On 12 March, a High Court bench said it felt “embarrassed” to hear the writ petition.
The bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Ahmed Sohel was set to hear the petition. But it forwarded the petition to the chief justice for a decision, saying one of the bench members felt embarrassed to hear the writ petition.
Justice Ahmed Sohel recused himself, saying he was a lawyer at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for five years and that the president-elect was a commissioner at the ACC.
On February 13, a gazette was issued declaring Mohammed Shahabuddin the president-elect under Section 7 of the Presidential Election Act, 1991.
Mohammed Shahabuddin will succeed President Md Abdul Hamid after his term expires on April 23.
