HC declares scrapping of caretaker govt system illegal

HC declares scrapping of caretaker govt system illegal

The High Court (HC) today declared scrapping of the caretaker government system in the constitution as illegal.
A HC bench comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Ray Chowdhury pronounced the judgment also restoring the provision of referendum in the constitution.
The court on December 4 concluded the hearing on the plea against scraping of the caretaker government system through the 15th amendment of the constitution and fixed today for declaring the judgment on the issue.
Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman, after pronouncement of the judgment, told the journalists that the High Court has declared the scraping of caretaker government provision in the constitution as illegal and from now on the caretaker system is part of the constitution.