City Desk :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday fixed November 17 for hearing on three review petitions seeking restoration of the 13th amendment to the constitution and reinstatement of the poll-time non-party caretaker government (CG) system.
A full bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed fixed the date for hearing of the three petitions together upon applications of the petitioners’ lawyers seeking time for preparation of the hearing citing the matter as important for the state.
The review petitions were filed by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Miah Golam Parwar and Secretary of rights organisation Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik Badiul Alam Majumdar.
Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman filed a petition seeking four more weeks to take preparation accordingly, citing the matter important for the state.
Senior SC lawyer Advocate Zainul Abedin, lawyer of BNP, seconded the AG’s petition while Manushashoner Jonno Nagorik lawyer Dr Sharif Bhuiyan told the court he has no objection to this respect while Jamaat lawyer Mohamad Shishir Manir was present at the court.
The SC was supposed to hear the review petitions today following a petition filed by the Jamaat Secretary General yesterday (October 23).
During his submission before the court, Zainul Abedin on behalf of the BNP said they earlier placed 10 logics to review the verdict that scrapped the 13th amendment to the constitution abolishing the poll-time non-party caretaker government system.