The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday cleared all legal hurdles for Shamsun Nahar, mother of detained International Crimes Tribunal prosecutor Tureen Afroz, and Shamsun Nahar鈥檚 only son, Shahnawaz Ahmed Shishir, to take possession of two houses on a long-disputed plot in Dhaka鈥檚 Uttara area.
A five-member bench led by Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury vacated an April 15 status quo order which had restrained Shamsun Nahar from taking possession of the properties.
The status quo was granted in response to Tureen鈥檚 appeal challenging a High Court verdict delivered on February 19.
Tureen, who is now in jail in a July mass uprising case, was represented by senior lawyer Kazi Aktar Hamid, while her mother was defended by senior lawyer Aneek R Haque.
The mother鈥檚 another lawyer Sazzad Haider confirmed to 抖阴精品 that the apex court鈥檚 ruling now allowed the family members to reclaim the two houses 鈥� one two-storied and the other five-storied 鈥� located on Road 11 of Sector 3 at Uttara Model Town.
The dispute originated from conflicting claims over ownership.
Tureen claimed that the property was gifted to her by her father, Taslim Uddin Ahmed, before his death.
Tureen obtained a lower court order on October 11, 2022 that had asked her mother not to interfere in her residing in the houses.
However, Shamsun Nahar argued that she legally purchased the land from its original allottees in 1992 and, in 1997 she gifted it to her son, Shishir, a university professor based in Canada, through a registered gift deed.
The plot was mutated in Shishir鈥檚 name on December 15, 1997, and utility services, including water, electricity, gas, and sewerage, were also registered in his name.
