The High Court (HC) has issued a ruling asking the authorities concerned as to why the military court verdicts during the regime of BNP founder and former president Ziaur Rahman is not illegal.
An HC bench of Justice KM Kamrul Quader and Justice Mohammad Ali issued the rule on Tuesday after the preliminary hearing of a writ in this regard.
It also sought to know why those convicted by military courts during Ziaur Rahman`s tenure were not declared patriots and why adequate compensation was not given to the families of those convicted.
The rule also asked about giving government jobs to the children of convicts according to their qualifications, Abdullah Al Mahmoud Basha, the deputy attorney general of the concerned court told the media.
The defense secretary, home secretary, and air force chief were made respondents in the rule.
Supreme Court lawyer Matiur Rahman filed the writ petition on behalf of 88 people including 14 officers of Air Force who were sentenced to death and children of Army and Air Force officers who were sentenced to death in that military court.
