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New Delhi, Nov 18 (PTI) The trial process leading to the death sentence to Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina by a special tribunal suffered from several lapses including “unconstitutional" appointment of judges that raised questions over its fairness, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

The three judges in the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) were appointed in violation of the Constitution and the verdict appeared to be “predetermined", they said.

Hasina, 78, was on Monday sentenced to death in absentia by the ICT for “crimes against humanity" over her government’s brutal crackdown on student-led protests last year.

The Awami League leader has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the fac

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