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Published: 10:48 13 November 2024
At the hearing of the rule issued as to why the fifteenth amendment of the constitution is not illegal, Attorney General Md. Asaduzzaman appealed to the High Court to uphold the referendum provision in the constitution.
At that time, he said, Article 142 of the Constitution had provision for referendum. This provision of the constitution was removed through the fifteenth amendment, we want to uphold this provision of referendum.
The Attorney General commented that the vote of those who became MPs through vote robbery at night is void.
On Wednesday (November 13), the Attorney General made these statements in the High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury.
On August 19, the High Court issued a ruling seeking to know why the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution should not be invalid by abolishing the caretaker government.
A High Court bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Shashank Shekhar issued the ruling.
Editor Dr. The court issued this rule while hearing the writ petition of Badiul Alam Majumdar.
On June 30, 2011, the Fifteenth Amendment was passed by the National Parliament. Through this amendment, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was recognized as the father of the nation. Through this amendment the system of caretaker government was abolished.
Besides, the number of seats reserved for women in the National Parliament has been increased to 50 instead of the existing 45.
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