The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed June 1 to deliver its verdict on two appeals filed by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami鈥攐ne challenging the cancellation of its registration as a political party and the other seeking allocation of daripalla (scales) as its election symbol.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, set the date after concluding hearings on both matters over four days.
Earlier, on October 22, 2024, the Appellate Division reinstated Jamaat鈥檚 appeal, which had been dismissed on November 19, 2023, due to the absence of its lawyers during the hearing.
During the proceedings, Jamaat鈥檚 counsel, Ehsan Abdullah Siddiq, argued that the High Court鈥檚 decision to uphold the Election Commission鈥檚 cancellation of the party鈥檚 registration was premature and arbitrary, as Jamaat鈥檚 application for registration was still under review by the EC at the time.
In a separate plea, Jamaat also sought the restoration of daripalla as its electoral symbol.
The Election Commission had revoked the allocation following a directive from the Supreme Court, which, on December 14, 2016, forwarded a full court meeting decision instructing the EC not to allocate daripalla to any political party.
