This is the fifth time the Appellate Division of the SC has delivered a verdict on an appeal against a tribunal’s judgment.
The three other judges of the bench are Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Hasan Foez Siddique.
On July 7, a four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by the chief justice fixed today for delivering the verdict on the appeal after hearing it for 13 days.
On October 1, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 found the BNP leader Salauddin, now 66, guilty of nine of the 23 charges brought against him for committing crimes against humanity.
The BNP leader on October 29, 2013 appealed to the SC against the verdict seeking acquittal on all charges.
Law enforcers arrested Salauddin on December 16, 2010, at Banani in the capital in connection with torching a car in Moghbazar on June 26.
He was shown arrested on December 19 following a warrant issued by the tribunal.