The Supreme Court on Sunday adjourned till February 6 the hearing of a petition filed by BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman against a High Court verdict over the money laundering case filed against him.
The HC on September 29, 2010 rejected a writ petition challenging the legality of filing the case against him under Money Laundering Prevention Act.
The three-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque passed the adjournment order following a time petition submitted by Barrister Rafique-Ul Huq, the counsel for Tarique.
Barrister Rafique-Ul Huq prayed time from the court for hearing the petition due to his personal difficulties.
After a brief hearing on January 3, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice SK Sinha sent the matter to the full bench for its hearing.
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed the money laundering case on October 26, 2009 with a Dhaka court against Tarique and his business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun on charges of illegally sending Tk 20.41 crore to Singapore between 2003 and 2007.
