The Appellate Division has barred Supreme Court lawyer Siddiq Ullah Mia from leaving Dhaka until further orders over allegations that he obtained a court verdict through fraud in a case related to the recruitment of primary school teachers.

The order was issued on Thursday (October 29) by the Appellate Division, led by the chief justice.

Earlier, the attorney general said an instance of fraud had been uncovered in a writ petition seeking the recruitment of primary school teachers, in which a verdict was allegedly obtained without a hearing after a rule had been issued.

In response to the development, the Appellate Division said all verdicts delivered by the bench of then High Court Justice Naima Haider could be reviewed if necessary.

According to sources, Siddiq Ullah Mia is accused of obtaining verdicts in several cases in October 2023 without following due legal procedures before a High Court bench led by Justice Naima Haider. The alleged irregularities came to light after the state filed appeals against those verdicts.