The review hearing on the scrapping of the caretaker government system of the constitution is in Sunday's Cause List of the appellate division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
According to the website of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, the serial for the hearing on the subject is number 13.
The appellate division of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed on December 1 fixed December 19 for a review hearing on the scrapping of the caretaker government system.
Senior lawyers- advocate Joynul Abedin, Sharif Bhuiyan and Mohammad Shishir Manir- moved for the applicants on that day while Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman moved for the state.
On October 16, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam filed a review petition against the scrapping of the caretaker government system (13th Amendment) before the appellate division.
Earlier, another review petition was submitted to the apex court by the general secretary of Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar.
Besides, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Prof Mia Golam Parwar also filed a petition regarding the same issue. The court later decided to hear all the petitions analogously.
The 13th Amendment of the constitution incorporating the caretaker government system was adopted by the parliament in 1996. Three lawyers led by M Salim Ullah filed a writ with the High Court challenging the legality of the amendment.
The appellate division on May 10, 2011, gave a judgment scrapping the 13th amendment of the constitution.
After the judgment, the National Parliament on June 30, 2011, passed the 15th amendment keeping the scrapping of the caretaker system with some ratifications. A gazette notification was also published in this regard on July 3 of that year.
Besides, a high court division bench comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury on December 17 gave a judgment scrapping the 15th amendment mentioning that Sections 20 and 21 of the 15th amendment are contrary to the constitution.
