The High Court (HC) on Tuesday has stayed the decision of the Election Commission to cancel the nomination papers of independent candidate Ashraful Hossain Alam, popularly known as "Hero Alam", for the upcoming by-election for Bogura-4 and Bogura-6 constituencies, reports UNB.
It also issued a rule asking why the decision to cancel Hero Alam's nominations would not be declared illegal.
A High Court bench of Justice M Khairuzzaman and Justice Md Iqbal Karib passed the order following two separate writ petitions were filed by Hero Alam on Monday.
Four people, including the chief election commissioner, election commission secretary, and district returning officer, were asked to reply to the rule.
Hero Alam’s counsel advocate Yarul Islam said there is no bar for Hero Alam to contest in the polls following the directive of the court.
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