The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why directives should not be given to declare Abu Sayed, Mir Mugdho, Wasim and other martyrs of July uprising as national heroes.
The HC bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Sayed Jahed Mansur issued the rule responding to a writ petition.
The HC also issued another rule asking the government to explain as to why directives should not be given to prepare a reliable list of the martyrs of the movement and issued a gazette notification.
It also issued another rule asking the government to explain as to why Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of the interim government, will not be declared the National Reformer of new Bangladesh.
Cabinet Secretary, Law Secretary and officials concerned have been made respondents to the rule which is returnable in four weeks.
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Advocate Mohammad Ali Jinnah stood for the petitioner while assistant attorney general Ikramul Kabir represented the state.
Earlier in February, a writ petition was filed seeking the declaration of Prof Yunus as the National Reformer and urging the government to publish the official list of those killed in the 2024 uprising and recognise them as national martyrs.
Imdadul Haque, a member of the Dhaka Union of Journalists, filed the writ petition.