The High Court on Sunday deferred until October 29 the hearing of a petition filed by former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque to quash the proceedings related to him in a murder case linked to the July 2024 uprising.
The bench of Justice Md Zakir Hossain and Justice KM Rasheduzzaman Raja adjourned the hearing after Khairul鈥檚 lawyer Md Jahangir Hossain sought time due to 鈥榩ersonal difficulties鈥�.
The bench adjourned the hearing for one week after the reopening of the Supreme Court following its long vacation from September 5 to October 18.聽
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman did not oppose the adjournment but complained that the defence, who had on August 11 caused chaos over a one-day delay request by his junior, was now seeking more time themselves.
The court had previously deferred the hearing on August 11 following the chaos between lawyers affiliated with the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Tensions had flared over a government request to delay the hearing, prompting heated exchanges inside the courtroom.
Ahead of Sunday鈥檚 scheduled hearing, security was tightened around the Supreme Court premises. However, no pro-AL lawyers were seen in the court during the adjournment proceedings.
Khairul was arrested on July 24, 2025 over the killing of Abdul Quiyyum, a Juba Dal leader, during the July 2024 uprising in Kajla, Dhaka.
The murder case was filed much later, on July 6, 2025, nearly a year after the incident.
The case named Khairul along with several hundred high-profile Awami League leaders, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and AL general secretary Obaidul Quader, alleging their involvement in the violence that led to Quiyyum鈥檚 death.
On Wednesday, 65 pro-Awami League lawyers, including former law minister Anisul Huq, ex-Dhaka South mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, and former attorney general AM Amin Uddin, were sued in an attempted murder case.
The case, filed with the Shahbagh police station by SCBA administrative officer Rabiul Hasan, accused several of these lawyers of leading the violence during the 2023 election to the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Khairul鈥檚 lawyers, former additional attorney general MK Rahman Bablu and former deputy attorney general Motaher Hossan Sazu, were also among the accused lawyers.聽
They were also linked to clashes during the SCBA election held in March 14鈥�16, 2023, where vote rigging and violence were alleged.
The case has also named five police officers, including former Detective Branch chief Harun-or-Rashid and the then Shahbagh OC, for allegedly helping carry out the attacks.
