The High Court has issued a rule asking why the two sections of the Digital Security Act should not be declared unconstitutional. Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Md. A High Court Division Bench comprising Mahmud Hasan Talukder passed the order on Monday.
The order came after a preliminary hearing of a writ petition filed by journalists, lawyers and university teachers. Within four weeks, the secretary and information secretary have been asked to respond to the rule.
The Digital Security Act was enacted on October 7 last year. A person filed a writ petition in the high court on January 5 challenging the validity of sections 25 and 5 of the law.
Lawyer Imran A. Siddique and Shishir Monir were present in the court’s hearing today. Deputy Attorney General Bipul Bagmara was in the state.
Lawyer Imran A. Siddiq told reporters that Section 25 of the Act deals with the transmission of offensive, false or intimidating information and information. Section 3 states that criminalization of law and order, etc. The crime mentioned in section two is not clear. Article two clashes with Article 5 of the Constitution.
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He also said that the crime mentioned in section two was not well defined. As a result, law-abiding individuals have the opportunity to harass their loved ones. So Article Two is challenged and writ. The court today issued a rule on the writ hearing and ordered. Bus