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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the leave to appeal petition challenging the legality of oath taking by 290 lawmakers.A seven-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order after hearing arguments from the lawyers on the petition.Attorney General AM Amin Uddin represented the state while Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon stood for the appeal.BNP leader Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon filed the leave-to-appeal with Supreme Court on August 20, 2019.Supreme Court lawyer Taherul Islam filed the writ petition challenging the legality of taking oath of 290 MPs who were elected in the 11th Jatiya Sangsad election and staying in the post on 20 January, 2019. It was claimed in the writ that that MPs elected in the 11th parliament polls took charge through swearing in before the tenure of 10th parliament ended.The High Court on 18 February that year rejected the writ outright.The 11th parliamentary election was held on 30 December, 2018. Awami League secured a landslide victory in the polls.The MPs of 11th parliament took oath on 3 January, 2019. The first session of that parliament took place on 30 January that year.

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