EC Registration: Verdict on Jamaat’s appeal June 1

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has scheduled June 1 for delivering its verdict on Jamaat-e-Islami's appeal against a High Court verdict that cancelled the party's registration with the Election Commission.

A four-member bench led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed fixed the date yesterday after concluding the hearing of the appeal.

The HC on August 1, 2013, scrapped Jamaat's registration with the EC following a writ petition filed by Syed Rezaul Haque Chandpuri, secretary general of the Bangladesh Tariqat Federation, along with 24 others, on January 25, 2009.

The EC scrapped Jamaat's registration in October 2018, ahead of the 11th national polls.