Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- The High Court has stayed the operation of an office order issued by Islamic Arabic University cancelling the governing bodies and ad hoc committees of Fazil and Kamil madrasas across the country.

The court also issued a rule asking why the blanket cancellation of the committees should not be declared illegal. The respondents have been given four weeks to respond.

A High Court bench comprising Justice Sikder Mahmudur Razi and Justice Fatema Anwar passed the order on Monday.

The order came following the preliminary hearing of a writ petition filed by the president of Charfesson Karamatia Kamil Madrasa in Bhola district. Advocate Parvez Hossain represented the petitioner in court.

After the hearing, the lawyer told repo...