The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the contempt of court petition against the government filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia over her previous Dhaka Cantonment house, since the petition was not placed before it for hearing.
A three-member bench of the SC Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque passed the order after hearing the submission from Aftab Hossain, advocate- on- record for Khaleda.
Aftab told the apex court that he received no instruction from senior lawyers for the petitioner to place the petition for hearing.
Other counsels for Khaleda were not present in the court.
Later, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told journalists at his office that no case relating to the residence at Shahid Mainul Road in Dhaka cantonment is pending with the SC.
The government can now use the property as it wishes, he said.
Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, one of the counsels for Khaleda, told The Daily Star that they did not move the contempt petition as the apex court already dismissed on Monday three other petitions filed by her (Khaleda) against an HC verdict that had upheld a government notice asking her to vacate the cantonment house.
On November 23, Khaleda filed the contempt petition against eight high officials of the government and the Cantonment Board for "evicting" her from the house on November 13 although an appeal was pending with the apex court.
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