Hasnat Abdullah, Sarjis Alam and Hasibul Islam — coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement — have decided not to proceed with the writ seeking court directives to prevent 11 parties, including the Awami League, from conducting political activities.

At the same time, it has been announced that they will not proceed with another writ questioning the legitimacy of the last three parliamentary elections (10th, 11th, and 12th).

The two writs were listed under numbers 208 and 209 on the High Court bench of Justice Fatema Najib and Justice Shikdar Mahmudur Raji on Tuesday morning (October 29).

As the court proceedings began in the morning, the lawyer for the petitioners, Ahsanul Karim, informed the court that his clients would not proceed with the two writs.

Subsequently, the court ordered the writs to be removed from the list.

Earlier on Monday, two writ petitions were filed with the High Court -- one challenging the legality of the 10th, 11th, and 12th parliamentary elections, and another seeking necessary directive from the authorities concerned to bar 11 parties from politics due to their alleged involvement in murder, state takeover, and damaging democracy and constitutional institutions.

BDST: 1158 HRS, OCT 29, 2024
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