SC to deliver judgment on appeals today

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its judgment today (Thursday) on the appeals filed against the High Court verdict that declared parts of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution "unconstitutional and void.”

“Hearing is concluded and judgment tomorrow,” said the short order passed by the four-member apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury.

Three separate appeals were lodged against the High Court judgment regarding the 15th Amendment. One appeal was filed by four individuals, including Badiul Alam Majumdar, Secretary of Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN); another was filed by Md Mofazzal Hossain, a resident of Naogaon; and the third was submitted by Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar. Alongside Jamaat's appeal, a leave-to-appeal petition by an organisation, Human Rights Support Society, was also included in the cause list for the hearing.