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Chuckleeon Nov 24, 2016 12:17am
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SC clears way for Niko graft trial against Khaleda
SC clears way for Niko graft trial against Khaledahttps://www.thedailystar.net/politics/sc-clears-way-niko-graft-trial-1319704
The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court verdict that had cleared the way for a lower court to continue the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Niko corruption case.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha dismissed a leave to appeal petition filed by Khaleda challenging the HC verdict.
The HC on June 18 last year rejected a writ petition filed by Khaleda challenging the trial proceedings on Niko corruption case against her.
On December 7 last year, the BNP chairperson filed the leave to appeal petition with the SC against the HC verdict.
In the petition she also prayed to the apex court to stay the trial proceedings of the case against her.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the Niko graft case in December 2007 over charges that Khaleda and several others abused power to award a gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian company Niko when she was PM between 2001 and 2006.
Former law minister Moudud Ahmed, former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain, former acting energy secretary Khandaker Shahidul Islam and Kashem Sharif, vice-president (South Asia) of Niko Resources Bangladesh Ltd, were also sued in the case.