The High Court on Sunday issued a rule on the Election Commission and the interim government, asking them to explain in four weeks why they would not be directed to hold the stalled parliamentary elections within the span of time mandated by the country’s constitution.
The High Court bench of Justice Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman and Justice Shahidul Islam also asked the EC and the government to explain why their failure to hold the ninth parliamentary polls within 90 days after dissolution of the parliament would not be declared unconstitutional.
The court issued the rule after hearing a writ petition filed by Masood Reza Sobhan, a lawyer of the Supreme Court.
Opposing the petition, additional attorney-general Salahuddin Ahmed told the court that the petition was not maintainable.
