The High Court on Tuesday permitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general to make submissions supporting a rule that questions the legality of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished the caretaker government system in 2011.
On August 19, the High Court asked the government to justify why the 15th Amendment, which eliminated the caretaker government system, should not be declared unconstitutional.
The rule was issued following a public interest litigation filed by five prominent citizens M Hafizuddin Khan, president of Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik, its secretary Badiul Alam Majumder, local government expert Tofail Ahmed, and individuals Md Jobirul Hoque and Zahrah Rahman.
On Tuesday, the bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury accepted separate petitions from BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Jamaat secretary general Mia Golam Parwar, allowing them to join the proceedings of the litigation as interveners.
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman called for swift resolution of the constitutionally significant case, scheduled for hearing today (Wednesday) by the same bench.
Senior lawyer Zainul Abedin, along with lawyer Farzana Sharmin, appeared on behalf of Mirza Fakhrul while lawyer Mohammad Shishir Manir represented for Mia Golam Parwar, urging the court to allow their clients to join the case as interveners.