Rizkallah Reverses Mezher's Decision to Adjoin Bitar, Elia Files

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Beirut Court of Appeals first chief Judge Habib Rizkallah on Tuesday issued a ruling reversing a decision by Court of Appeals judge Habib Mezher to adjoin the recusal lawsuits against the judges Tarek Bitar and Nassib Elia.

Rizkallah’s ruling separates the two files and returns Bitar’s file to the original committee of Chamber 12 headed by Elia.

The request to separate the two files had been filed by the lawyers of the foreign victims of the Beirut port explosion.

SourceNaharnet