Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- The High Court has issued a rule asking why the Anti-Corruption Commission's (ACC) press briefings on former interim government adviser and National Citizen Party (NCP) Senior Joint Member Secretary Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan should not be declared illegal.

The rule came following an initial hearing on a writ petition challenging the legal authority of the ACC's press briefings held on September 2 and 13.

The NCP said in a statement that a High Court bench comprising Justice Md Bashir Ullah and Justice Md Hamidur Rahman issued the rule on Wednesday, asking the ACC to explain its position within four weeks.

The court also sought to know why the ACC's statements claiming that the allegations against Asif had been initia...