The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a rule asking why the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, which scrapped the caretaker government system, should not be declared illegal.
A High Court bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Shashanka Shekhar Roy issued the rule following a writ petition.
The court also asked the government to explain in eight weeks why the 15th amendment should not be declared unconstitutional.
The secretaries of law, legislative and the National Parliament Secretariat, among others involved, have been made respondents in the rule.
Lawyer Sharif Uddin Bhuiyan was present for the petitioners, while attorney general Md Asaduzzaman and deputy attorney general Foyej Ahmed represented the state.
Earlier, Badiul Alam Majumdar, secretary of Shushasoner Jonno Nagorik, and four other citizen of the government have filed the writ challenging the legality of the 15th amendment.
The provision for a caretaker government was abolished through the 15th amendment. It also required that national elections be conducted under the existing party government within the last 90 days of the parliamentary term while Parliament remained active.
This amendment also officially recognised Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh.
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