Dhaka, April 29 -- The High Court (HC) has stayed for three months a lease notice of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) that allowed setting up a market for sacrificial cattle in the capital's Meradia area ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

The court also issued a rule, asking authorities concerned to explain why that notice shall not be declared illegal, reports BSS.

A High Court Division Bench of Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque and Justice Aynun Nahar Siddiqua passed the order after holding a hearing on a writ petition filed in this regard. Advocate Liton Ahmed moved the plea before the court.

"The DSCC notice was completely unexpected as because there was no sufficient vacant space to set up a cattle market at that place. If the lease for setting up ...