SC hearing on review pleas over CG system Feb 9

The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed February 9 for hearing on three review petitions pleading for restoration of the 13th amendment to the constitution and reinstatement of the poll-time non-party caretaker government (CG) system, report agencies.

A four-member apex court bench headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam passed the order on Sunday, allowing a time plea filed by senior jurists Zainul Abedin and Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal for BNP.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Miah Golam Parwar and Secretary of rights organization Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik, Badiul Alam Majumdar filed the three review petitions in this regard.