The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

The High Court on Thursday stayed for three months the operation of the Gazette Notification issued by the Election Commission (EC) delimiting 84 constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS).

A two-member bench comprising Justice Khademul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Masuk Hossain Ahmed issued the order of stay after hearing a writ petition.

The petition, filed by former lawmaker from Dhaka-2 Md Abdul Mannan, stated that according to the election law, the census would be carried out after the JS elections and the delimitation should be done before making the electoral roll.

It said the EC is obligated to hold the JS polls within 90 days after dissolution of the Parliament. But the EC delimited the JS constituencies ignoring the constitutional obligations.

The HC also issued a Rule asking the EC to show cause in two weeks why its Gazette Notification published on July 10 on delimitation of the JS constituencies should not be declared illegal and without lawful authority.