The High Court has stayed proceedings of 10 more cases for six months and granted ad interim bail to former minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his comments on hajj and Tablig Jamaat.
After hearing petitions filed by the former minister challenging the legality of the cases yesterday, the High Court bench of Justice Md Nizamul Huq and Justice Farid Ahmed issued the order as well as a ruling asking why those cases would not be scrapped.
The plaintiffs of the cases and the government have been asked to respond to the ruling with explanations within four weeks. Of the cases, three were filed with courts in Dhaka, Chapainawabganj and Lakhsmipur, while the rest were filed in Chittagong.
