Online Desk: The process for electing Md Shahabuddin as President of the country is legal, according to a High Court (HC) verdict on Wednesday. An HC-bench of Justice Khasruzzaman declared this rejecting the two writs filed earlier challenging the legality of the process for electing Shahabuddin as president.

Advocate MA Azizi Khan submitted a petition on March 7 seeking a stay on the operation of the gazette notification that declared Md Shahabuddin president-elect of the country. Md Shahabuddin, a retired judge and former commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission, was declared president-elect of Bangladesh on February 13.

Incumbent President Abdul Hamid’s tenure will expire on April 24 and he cannot become president again as he was elected for two terms. According to Article 123 of the constitution, the presidential election must be held 60 to 90 days before the expiry of each five-year term.