The Supreme Court has directed the parliament secretariat to submit before it in three months the original master plan of the Parliament building designed by American architect Louis I Kahn.
The Appellate Division passed the order Wednesday after hearing an appeal filed by the government against the High Court verdict.
Earlier, an HC verdict had declared the residences of the speaker and deputy speaker near parliament building illegal.
During the arguments, Additional Attorney General Murad Reza told the apex court that the HC on June 21, 2004 declared the residences of the speaker illegal without examining the original master plan of the JS Bhaban.
“The residences cannot be declared illegal without examining the master plan, which is now in the archive of Pennsylvania of State University,” he added.
During its first regime, the Awami League government first took the initiative of building the residences of the speaker and deputy speaker in the parliament complex.
Later, the BNP government launched the construction work of the two residences in the JS complex, ignoring a widespread protest.