Qamrul apologises for comments on CJ, SC
Food minister Qamrul Islam has sought unconditional apology for his remarks on chief justice SK Sinha and the Supreme Court.
The minister's lawyer, Syed Mamun Mahbub, submitted an application in this regard before the court on Sunday.
Qamrul also sought time for his presence before the court as he is now abroad, the lawyer told Prothom Alo on Monday.
On 8 March, the Supreme Court's Appellate Division summoned food minister Qamrul Islam and minister for liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque to explain their comments on chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
The apex court also asked the two ministers of the Awami League government to appear in the court on 15 March for submitting their clarifications.
On 5 March, food minister Qamrul Islam, addressing a roundtable, expressed his dissatisfaction at the chief justice’s remarks, saying, “We can assume what the verdict on this case (of Mir Quasem Ali) would be through the remarks the chief justice made openly in the court.”
At the same programme, the liberation war affairs minister, AKM Mozammel Haque, too, said, “I will request the chief justice…withdraw your statement. Or else, I will ask him to consider how much scope there is for him to stay in the post.”
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