The Appellate Division Thursday rejected two petitions lodged by death-row convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee seeking that Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury be excused from hearing the appeals.
While giving the order, the two judges were not present at the five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain. The other members are Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah and Justice Hasan Foez Siddique.
A recusal petition is filed for obtaining an order which excuses a judge, lawyer, or member of a jury from a case in court because they may not be able to act fairly.
The bench will hear the appeals on Sunday.
Such petitions filed by Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Abdul Quader Molla, who was given death penalty on September 17, were also rejected.
Tribunal 1 sentenced Sayedee to death on two charges.
Sayedee appealed against the tribunal verdict on March 27, seeking acquittal, while the government the same day appealed for giving sentence to Sayedee in the six other war crime charges.
