Dhaka, May 20 -- The Appellate Division has upheld the High Court's (HC) bail orders for former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in two separate murder cases linked to deaths during the July Uprising.

Chamber Judge Justice Md Rezaul Haque passed a "no order" on Wednesday following a state petition that sought a stay on the HC's bail granted in cases filed at Jatrabari and Adabor police stations.

The ruling effectively keeps the HC's bail orders active.

"The High Court granted bail to Justice ABM Khairul Haque in these two cases on May 10," his defence counsel Motahar Hossain Saju told bdnews24.com.

Lawyer Saju said while Justice Khairul was named in the first information report (FIR) of the Adabor murder case, his name was not included...