The attorney general, Salahuddin Ahmed, is likely to move the petition this morning before the chamber judge of the Appellate Division, Justice Joynul Abedin, who is to hold a special session of the chamber court to hear the petition, said deputy attorney general Khalequzzaman, also the advocate-on-record for the case.
In the petition, the government sought stay order on the High Court verdict delivered on December 4 saying it would file a regular petition seeking permission against the verdict after obtaining the certified copy.
The High Court bench of Justice ABM Khairul Haque Md Abdul Hye on December 4 delivered the verdict in the public interest litigation writ petition filed by the New Age editor, Nurul Kabir, rights activist Sultana Kamal, also a former adviser to the caretaker government, and Dhaka University law teacher Hafizur Rahman Karzon on June 5.