The High Court has directed the submission of a supplementary application that correctly stated the London address of the defendant, BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman, in the writ petition aimed at halting the broadcasting of his speeches across all media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
The directive was issued on Thursday by a High Court bench comprising of Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Khairul Alam.
Previously, in 2015, lawyer Nasreen Siddiqui Lina filed a writ petition with the relevant branch of the Supreme Court seeking to prevent the publication of Tarique Rahman's speeches in the media.
The plaintiff requested the information secretary to take effective measures to prevent the future publication, distribution, broadcast, or reproduction of BNP acting chairman Tarique's speeches through any newspapers, electronic media, or social media.
The writ petition includes the information ministry secretary, home ministry secretary, law ministry secretary, inspector general of police, director general of BTV, chairman of BTRC, chief news editor of Ekushey TV, editor of Kaler Kantha, and Tarique Rahman as defendants.
On January 7, 2015, the High Court banned the publication of Tarique Rahman's statements in the media as he was a fugitive accused, following a hearing of the writ petition.
The court also issued a ruling in this regard, questioning why the information secretary should not be directed to prohibit the publication of Tarique's speeches. The defendants were required to respond to this ruling.
The then High Court bench, composed of Justice Kazi Reza-ul Haque and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman, issued these orders.
Subsequently, on August 2, the writ petitioner submitted an application (mansion slip) in the High Court to schedule the hearing of the rule issued to prevent the publication of Tarique Rahman's speeches. Consequently, the case was brought up for a hearing.
