In Bangladesh, court will decide if amendment giving parliament power to remove judges is constitutional

The apex court has scheduled a hearing on Jul 11 for a review petition challenging the ruling that declared the 16th amendment to the constitution, granting parliament the power to remove judges, illegal and void. [ . . . ] The High Court declared the 16th amendment to the constitution, restoring the parliament’s power to remove judges, illegal in 2016. On May 5 that year, a special bench of the High Court consisting of Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury, Justice Kazi Reza-ul Haque, and Justice Ashraful Kamal declared the Sixteenth Amendment invalid based on the majority opinion. On Aug 11 of that year, the verdict was published on the Supreme Court website. Later, the state appealed against the decision.
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