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The corruption case against former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has been stayed by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The apex court has stayed both the High Court division judgment which had concluded that the case cannot continue under Emergency Power Rules and also the proceedings of the trial court till March 16th. The decision came after a leave to appeal hearing. Now the government will have to file a regular appeal as the leave was granted.

The outcome of this case is likely to determine the fate of most of the corruption and extortion cases filed against the politicians after the emergency power rules were promulgated. The High Court Division found that the government could not bring past offences under present rule as it is not allowed by the Constitution. If this decision is upheld by the Appellate Division, it would mean that all of the cases that have been filed after the emergency but which occurred before the EPR was promulgated would have to go through the regular trial route. One implication of such result is that the accused would be eligible for bail.

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