A Supreme Court lawyer on Saturday sent a legal notice to National Citizen Party鈥檚 chief coordinator (northern region) Sarjis Alam, demanding an unconditional public apology for a Facebook post deemed disrespectful to the judiciary.
Lawyer Md Jasim Uddin sent the notice by registered post to the address of the party office and via WhatsApp, asking Sarjis Alam to offer an apology to the chief justice in an open press briefing within two hours of receiving the notice.
In the Facebook post published on Thursday, Sarjis Alam wrote, 鈥業f a High Court verdict can be obtained by creating a mob, what is the necessity of this High Court?鈥�
The legal notice stated that the comment amounted to a direct affront to one of the pillars of the state, the judiciary, and was violating, disregarding, and contemptuous toward the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
Advocate Jasim warned that Sarjis Alam鈥檚 failure to offer an apology would prompt him to file a contempt petition with the appropriate court.
According to the notice, Sarjis Alam鈥檚 Facebook post came shortly after the High Court on May 22 summarily rejected a writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer and Dhaka South City resident Mamunur Rashid, who challenged the legality of a lower court order.
The writ petition was rejected as it was not maintainable, the notice said.
The lower court instructed the Election Commission to replace Awami League leader Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh with Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain as mayor of Dhaka South City.