The order was given following the filing of petitions en masse by the counsels for the petitioners, who sought out of the cause list the petitions set for hearing yesterday, without mentioning any grounds.

A division bench comprising Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader and Justice AFM Ali Asgar passed the orders.

About the extension of stay that expired yesterday on the graft case pending with the trial court, the HC passed no orders, court sources said.

A counsel for one of the petitioners, requesting anonymity, told the news agency that they do not feel "comfort" with the bench in advancing with their arguments perceiving an "over-enthusiastic" mood.

The now-defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station, two months after the BNPled alliance government assumed power in October 2001.

Sheikh Hasina along with six others was accused of causing a loss of $124 million equivalent to Tk 720 crore in the purchase deal for the Russian-made eight MIG29 warplanes for Bangladesh, while she was in power.