The High Court (HC) on Monday stayed for 21 days the process for holding by-election to Jhenaidah-1 constituency scheduled to be held on June 5.
The single bench of the HC comprised of Justice Md Zakir Hossain passed the order following a petition filed by Nazrul Islam Dulal Biswas, an independent candidate who got the second highest votes in January 7 national election, seeking necessary directives.
In the January 7 election, Awami League candidate Md Abdul Hye was declared elected as lawmaker of the constituency. The constituency felt vacant after Abdul Hye died on March.
Advocate Syed Mamun Mahbub, counsel for the petitioner, told reporters that earlier the HC on February 1 stayed for two months the ECs gazette that declared Abdul Hye elected in the election.
On February 5, the Supreme Court chamber judge, following a petition filed by Abdul Hye, stayed the HC order of stay and cleared the way for Abdul Hye to perform as an elected member of parliament from Jhenaidah-1.
Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chamber judge of the SCs Appellate Division, sent Abdul Hyes petition to its full bench for a hearing on May 13.
In the election held on January 7, Hye got 94,379 and Nazrul secured 80,547 votes.
