The High Court has stayed the Dhaka North City Corporation by- polls scheduled for February 26, that will be held to fill the seat of deceased mayor Annisul Huq.
The bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed stayed the by-polls for three months following two separate writ petitions and issued a rule seeking explanation why the by-election process should not be declared illegal.
Jahangir Alom, chairman of Beraid union parishad, and Ataur Rahman, chairman of Bhatara union parishad, filed the two petitions, challenging the legality of the by- polls.
