High Court dismissed
a writ petition challenging the validity of the International Crimes (Tribunals)
Act.
Justice
Khizir Ahmed Choudhury and Justice Md Ziaul Haque passed the order on Tuesday.
Earlier, on 7
June, Supreme Court lawyer Muhammad Mohsin Rashid filed the writ. The petition
described the 1973 Act as “obsolete,” “ineffective,” and a “tool for
suppressing political opponents,” and sought directives for the government to
take measures to repeal it.
The writ
named two secretaries from...
