A Dhaka court yesterday, by an ad-interim injunction, directed the newly elected Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Secretary Advocate Nurul Islam Sujan not to continue his function until May 25 following a civil suit filed by defeated candidate Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun.
Judge Iftekhar Ahmed of the Ninth Assist Judge's Court passed the order after hearing on the temporary injunction petition submitted by Barrister Mamun seeking a stay order on function of the SCBA newly elected secretary.
On May 4, Mamun, who was declared defeated after recounting votes in the election, filed the suit seeking a stay order on the takeover and function of the newly elected Secretary Nurul Islam Sujan.
Following the suit, the court issued a show cause notice upon nine defendants, including newly elected secretary, in connection with the results of the SCBA election.
The defendants are also asked to explain within three days from the day of receipt of the notice why a temporary injunction would not be imposed upon them.
After receipt of the notice, Sujan appeared before the court through his lawyers and explained why and how temporary injunction would not be maintainable against him.
In the suit, other defendants are convenor of the election sub-committee Advocate Nizamul Haq Nasim, members advocates AKM Abdul Hakim, Purabi Rani Sharma, Zead Al Malum, Motahar Hossain Saju, Ashraful Kamal and Sheikh Akhterul Islam, and former secretary Abu Mohammad Amin Uddin and newly elected assistant secretaries Fahima Nasrin and KM Zahid Sarwar (Kajol).
In his plaint, Barrister Mamun mentioned that he contested as one of secretary candidates in the SCBA election held on April 29 and 30. After counting all the votes, the election commissioner declared him elected showing that he scored two votes more than Sujan.
The news was broadcast by different electronic media the same day and published in different national dailies the following day. But the defendants, violating the provisions and rules of SCBA, recounted the votes and declared the defeated candidate Sujan elected showing that he (Sujan) scored six votes more than Mamun, the plaintiff added.
Meanwhile, Advocate Nurul Islam Sujan told newsmen at his office yesterday afternoon that they would face the court order through due legal process.