The High Court will deliver a verdict on Thursday over the legality of suspension of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor Jahangir Alam.
The court fixed the date on Tuesday after the end of the hearing on the rule issued in this regard.
An HC bench of Justice Zafar Ahmed and Justice Md Bashir Ullah set the date after hearing.
Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayan, Advocate MK Rahman, Barrister Belayet Hossain stood on behalf of Jahangir in the court while Deputy Attorney General Nowroz Md Russel Chowdhury heard the case for the state. Advocate Sanjida Khanam was on behalf of Gazipur City Corporation.
Earlier on August 14, 2022, Jahangir Alam, who was suspended from the post of mayor, filed a writ in the High Court to get his post back.
The writ challenged the legality of his suspension.
Barrister Moshiur Rahman Sabuj filed this writ on behalf of Jahangir Alam.
Later, on August 23 of the same year, the High Court issued a rule asking the government to explain why the suspension of Mohammad Jahangir Alam from the post of mayor in Gazipur City Corporation should not be declared illegal.
In September 2021, videos of Jahangir making derogatory comments on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the martyred freedom fighters of the Liberation War at a program went viral on social media.
In a meeting held on November 19 of that year, the ruling Awami League expelled Alam from his position in the party over the incident, which was followed by his suspension as GCC mayor by the local government ministry a few days later over various allegations.
The allegations included illegal land grabbing, not compensating people after taking over land for development and working against the public interest.
On November 25, the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Co-operatives suspended GCC Mayor Jahangir, six days after his expulsion from Awami League.
