The Supreme Court (SC) has adjourned until today (Wednesday) the hearing on review petitions seeking restoration of the 13th amendment to the constitution and reinstatement of the poll-time non-party caretaker government (CG) system, reports BSS.
An Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed passed the order on Tuesday.
Senior advocates Zainul Abedin and Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal and Advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir took part in the hearing for the pleas.
A total of four pleas were filed in this regard. One was filed by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, one by Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Miah Golam Parwar, another by five noted citizens including Badiul Alam Majumdar, secretary of the rights organisation Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik, and one by another individual. All the pleas are being heard concurrently.
The High Court on December 17, 2024, declared scrapping of the caretaker government system in the constitution as illegal.
Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman, after pronouncement of the judgment, told journalists that the High Court has declared the scrapping of caretaker government provision in the constitution as illegal and from now on the caretaker system is part of the constitution.
SC adjourns hearing on CG system review plea until today
FE Team | Published: August 27, 2025 00:16:02
SC adjourns hearing on CG system review plea until today
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