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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday set June 1 this year for delivering its verdict on an appeal petition filed by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami against a High Court verdict that declared the party's registration with the Election Commission illegal.
The apex court will also give its decision on another petition seeking 'daripalla (scales)' as the party's election symbol.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed fixed the date after concluding the hearing on the appeal.
Following a writ petition, the HC on August 1, 2013 declared illegal Jamaat's registration with the EC. The commission that same year suspended the registration of the political party.
In the verdict, two judges of the three-member HC bench declared the registration illegal.
However, the other judge disagreed with the decision of his two colleagues. Jamaat then filed the appeal petition with the apex court challenging the HC verdict.
The apex court on November 19 in 2023 rejected the appeal petition filed by Jamaat as its lawyers did not appear in the court for hearing.
After political changeover on August 5 last year, Jamaat appealed to the apex court to reinstate the plea, and the court granted the petition.
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