With Bulbul-Farooq’s writs off the agenda, the Tamim-led committee will be able to carry out the work

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The High Court has dropped the writ seeking to suspend the decision of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to dissolve the selected committee and form an 11-member ad hoc committee headed by cricketer Tamim Iqbal.

The High Court bench consisting of Justice Fatema Najeeb and Justice AFM Saiful Karim on Thursday removed the writ from the agenda.

As a result, the 11-member ad hoc committee under the leadership of Tamim Iqbal will be able to work as usual and BCB elections will be held on June 7, said BCB lawyer Mahin M Rahman.

Earlier, the National Sports Council (NSC) formed an ad-hoc committee of 11 members on April 7 after dissolving the board of directors of BCB led by Aminul Islam Bulbul. Aminul Islam, Farooq Ahmed and 10 others filed the writ regarding the validity of this decision. In the writ, Aminul Islam, the then president of BCB, Farooq Ahmed, vice president and 10 others mentioned themselves as directors.

The 10 applicants mentioned by the director in the writ are Asif Akbar, Khan Abdur Razzak, M. Nazmul Islam, Nazmul Abedin, Md. Hasanuzzaman, Rahat Shams, Abul Bashar, Adnan Rahman, Ahsan Iqbal Chowdhury and Khaled Masood Pilot.

The writ came up on the docket of the court on May 18. On that day the writ petitioner’s lawyer raised the matter and the court fixed today for hearing. In continuation of this, the hearing was held today.

Senior lawyer Fida M Kamal heard on behalf of the writ petitioners in the court, accompanied by lawyers Mokarramuch Saklan and Zaheer Uddin. Attorney General for the state. Ruhul Quddus Kajal and Additional Attorney General Aneek R Haque and counsel for BCB Mahin M Rahman were present in the hearing.

The writ seeking suspension of the proceedings of the BCB ad hoc committee decision was dismissed outright

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Later, lawyer Mokarramuch Saklan told Prothom Alo that after hearing, the High Court removed the writ from the agenda with the freedom to present it to another bench. The writ will be presented to another bench of the High Court.

The writ petition seeks a ruling as to why the BCB’s decision to dissolve the select committee and form an 11-member ad-hoc committee on April 7 and all proceedings taken pursuant thereto should not be declared extrajudicial. And if the ruling is under trial, the decision to form an ad hoc committee of 11 members under the leadership of Tamim Iqbal is sought in the writ.

The 11-member ad hoc committee headed by Tamim Iqbal has two other former cricketers Minhajul Abedin and Athar Ali Khan. Other members include BNP MP Bobby Hajjaj’s wife Rashna Imam, Prime Minister’s Political Advisor Mirza Abbas’ son Mirza Yasir Abbas, Interior Minister Salahuddin Ahmad’s son Syed Ibrahim Ahmad, Finance Minister Amir Khusru Mahmud’s son Israfil Khusru.

The committee also includes Tanzil Chowdhury, Mirza Salman Ispahani, Rafiqul Islam and Fahim Sinha, who were on the board of directors of BCB at various times. Among them, Tanzil Chowdhury is the chairman of Prime Bank, Mirza Salman Ispahani is the chairman of Ispahani Limited.

On April 30, seven advocates of the Supreme Court filed a writ seeking the validity of the decision to set up the same ad hoc committee. A double bench of the High Court after hearing dismissed the writ outright on May 11.