July 16,  Johannesburg, South Africa (Tazakhobor.com):  Bangladesh's Supreme Court Thursday revoked the parliamentary membership of a ruling Awami League lawmaker Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir for 2008 parliamentary election who had been elected despite his conviction on corruption charges.

The six-member full bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim dismissed a leave-to-appeal petition filed by MK Alamgir against the HC order and upheld the high court order that declared valid the returning officer's decision to cancel the nomination papers of Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir for the 2008 parliamentary election.
After the court order, Mahmudul Islam, one of the lawyers acting for the EC, told journalists that the EC would decide on whether the parliament membership of Alamgir would be cancelled. Election commissioner Muhammad Sohul Hussain told reporters that the Election Commission will take a swift decision as directed by the court upon receiving the copy of the verdict. He also said that the constituency of Aamgir (Chandpur-1) will be declared vacant and by-elections will be arranged – though he did not set out a time-frame.
However, Alamgir's lawyer Rokon Uddin Mahmud told the media that the apex court order will not affect the parliamentary membership of his client, since he took part in the 2008 national elections as per the order of the chamber judge of the Appellate Division.
Before the parliamentary poll, the returning officer (RO) of Chandpur-1 constituency had on Dec 3, 2008 cancelled the nomination papers of Alamgir on the ground that he was convicted and sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment on charges of amassing wealth illegally.  On December 15, 2008 the HC upheld the decision of the RO, which had cancelled the candidatures of MK Alamgir. The chamber judge of the Appellate Division on December 18, 2008 stayed the HC order and asked the Election Commission to allow MK Alamgir to participate in the parliamentary elections. The chamber judge also asked MK Alamgir to file a regular leave-to-appeal petition with the SC against the HC order. After being elected in the 2008 election, MK Alamgir filed the petition with the SC in 2009.

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