Shawdesh Desk:

The High Court on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to display and preserve the portrait of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at all courtrooms across the country within two months.

The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order.

It also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why the ineffectiveness of the respondents in displaying and preserving the portrait of Sheikh Mujib at the courtrooms across the country would not be declared illegal.

Supreme Court lawyer Subir Nandi Das filed a writ petition to the court seeking its order to hang the portrait of Sheikh Mujib at all the courtrooms on August 21.

He said in many countries, including India, portraits of their ‘Father of the Nation’ were displayed at office and courtrooms and it was obligatory by the constitution.

Secretaries to the law ministry, public works ministry, finance ministry and registrar general of the Supreme Court and registrars of High Court division were made respondents to the rule.