Terming it utterly derogatory, leaders of the two platforms denounced the case against two hundred lawyers including Dr Kamal Hossain, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Barrister Amir Ul Islam and former SCBA president Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud and Barrister Tania Amir for vandalism at the Supreme Court on November 30.

One court keeper filed the case.

"With a view to establishing the rule of law and uphold the esteem of the constitution, the way Dr Kamal Hossain and Barrister Amir Ul Islam came forward at the hour of crisis, the nation should remain grateful to them," read the statement.

It said the intervention of the honourable Chief Justice in the proceedings of the case, in fact, raises doubts about his impartiality and honesty.

The signatories to the statement include, Professor Kabir Chowdhury, the liberation warrior Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Justice KM Sobhan, Advocate Gaziul Haque, singer Kolim Sharafi, women leader Hena Das, Maj Gen (Retd) CR Dutta and Prof Borhanuddin Khan Jahangir.