DHAKA: Bangladesh Supreme Court has stayed a High Court verdict that declared Joy Bangla popularised by Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the country’s national slogan.
Following the change of government, the state moved to suspend the High Court’s ruling and on December 2 filed the leave to appeal petition with the SC seeking stay on the High Court verdict of March 10, 2020.
A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Tuesday passed the order on the ground that the national slogan is a matter of the government’s policy decision and the judiciary cannot interfere in this issue.