The Appellate Division of Supreme Court has deferred the hearing of the appeal against the dismissal of the writ challenging the validity of the oath of 290 MPs of the 11th National Parliament, till Sunday.
The hearing began in the full bench of the Appellate Division, headed by chief justice Hasan Foez Siddique on Thursday.
Later, the bench deferred the hearing till Sunday.
Barrister AM Mahabub Uddin Khokon heard on behalf of the writ in the court. On the other hand, Additional Attorney General Sheikh Mohammad Morshed and Assistant Attorney General Mohammad Saiful Alam and Assistant Attorney General Sayem Mohammad Murad represented the state.
On June 12, The Chamber judge of the Supreme Court fixed the date for hearing the appeal.
On January 8, 2019, a writ was filed that challenged the legality of taking the oath of elected members of the 11th National Parliament without dissolving the 10th National Parliament as per the constitution.
A legal notice was served on the speaker of the national parliament, the chief election commissioner and the cabinet secretary.
On February 18, 2019, the High Court rejected that writ petition that challenged the legality of oath taking by lawmakers elected in the December 30, 2018 general election.
A bench of the High Court Division of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil passed the order saying that there was nothing illegal in oath taken by the MPs saying that there is nothing illegal in taking oath taken by the lawmakers as they took charge of their offices on January 30.
Earlier, another HC bench of Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal dismissed the petition on January 17 saying that the matter was 'not placed before it for hearing'.
Later, lawyers supported by BNP filed an appeal against this order with the Chamber Judge court.
