In Bangladesh, supreme court restores caretaker government system and referendum provision

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court verdict declaring several provisions of the Constitution’s 15th Amendment, including the abolition of the caretaker government system, to be unlawful, effectively restoring the caretaker government and referendum provisions to the Constitution. [ . . . ] Following the ruling, Attorney General Ruhul Quddus Kajal said in a post on his verified Facebook account that the appeal against the High Court judgment on the 15th Amendment had been dismissed. He said the Appellate Division upheld the High Court's ruling, resulting in the annulment of Article 7B of the Constitution, the reinstatement of the caretaker government system and the constitutional provision for referendums, while affirming that only the Supreme Court has the authority to enforce fundamental rights. The attorney general added that the parliament would decide on the other changes introduced through the 15th Amendment.
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