JS body report on 16th amendment placed in parliament

FE Team | Published: September 15, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

The parliamentary standing committee report on the much-talked-about "Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Bill, 2014" was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Sunday, reports BSS.
Committee Chairman Suranjit Sengupta placed the report with a proposal to pass it in an amended form.
Earlier, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque placed the bill in the House on September 7 with a proposal for amending different sections of Article 96 of the constitution regarding impeachment of Supreme Court judges.
The report suggested significant changes in the preamble of the bill with recommendations to replace sections 2, 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 of the Article 96 of the constitution by sections 2, 3 and 4.
The new section (2) says no judges can be impeached without any presidential order in line with a parliament proposal having support of the two-thirds of MPs in the House on the ground of proved misconduct and incapacity of judges. The parliament under section (2) of Article 93 (A) would be able to control the procedure of investigation. The Article 94 says any judge can resign through a letter with signature to the President.
According to the section 1 of the proposed Article 96, subject to the provisions of this article, a judge shall hold office until he attains the age of sixty-seven years.
The section 2 says a judge shall not be removed from his office except by an order of the President passed pursuant to a resolution of Parliament supported by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of the House, on the ground of proved misconduct or incapacity.
According to section 3, parliament shall by law regulate the procedure in relation to a resolution under clause (2) and for investigation and proof of the misbehaviour or incapacity of a judge.
The section 4 says a judge may resign from his office by sending a signed letter addressed to the President.
The statement of the committee on the bill says in accordance with Articles 7 and 11 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, all powers in the Republic belong to the people, and their exercise on behalf of the people shall be effected only under, and by the authority of, this constitution.