The High Court will issue its verdict on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s plea to scrap the proceedings of Barapukuria coal mine graft case tomorrow.
The bench of Justice Md Nuruzzaman and Justice Abdur Rob fixed the date yesterday morning.
Earlier on August 30, the bench decided to wait to issue the verdict.
The court had also extended its previous order that stayed the proceedings of the case until delivery of the verdict. On August 23, the High Court rejected two petitions filed by Khaleda Zia seeking the records and final report in Barapukuria corruption case.
Khaleda filed the petitions on August 18 to know the legal procedure under which the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) appointed the second investigation officer after the first officer had exempted her from the charges in June 2008.
The ACC filed the case with Shahbagh police station on February 26, 2008, accusing Khaleda and 10 of her former cabinet colleagues of taking Tk159 crore in kickbacks on the Barapukuria coal mine deal awarded to the highest bidder, instead of the lowest one.
In 2008, the High Court stayed the case proceedings, and in a ruling asked the government and the ACC to explain why the case should not be dropped.
