Contempt petition filed against 3 ex-CJs, 4 judges 

A Supreme Court lawyer filed a contempt of court petition against seven former judges of the Appellate Division, including three former chief justices for punishing him in 2020.

After hearing on contempt of court petition, the apex court in 2020 fined Eunus Ali Akond and imposed a ban for three months on his practice.

The seven accused are former chief justices Syed Mahmud Hossain, Hasan Foez Siddique and Obaidul Hassan and four former Appellate Division judges M Imman Ali, Mirza Hussain Haider, Abu Bakar Siddiquee and Md Nuruzzaman.
Supreme Court lawyer Eunus Ali Akond filed the petition with the High Court on Wednesday for punishing him without giving him any opportunity to take part in any hearing to defend his case, by abusing their powers and violating the Contempt of Court Act.

"They first issued contempt of court rule against me on September 27, 2020, suspending me from practicing at the apex court, without giving me any opportunity to take part in any hearing. On October 12, 2020, they imposed cost on me and suspended me from practicing for three months," Eunus Ali Akond said.

An Appellate Division bench of the accused seven judges, when they were sitting judges, headed by then chief justice Syed Mahmud Hossain on October 12, 2020, barred Eunus Ali from practicing law -- before both its Appellate and High Court divisions -- for three months over contempt of court by posting three derogatory comments about the judiciary on his Facebook.