The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has set January 19 for holding the hearing on three separate review petitions challenging its 2011 verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system.
The top court took this decision following a one month time petition of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.
A six-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday fixed the new date for hearing.
Senior Advocate Zainul Abedin, Advocate Sharif Bhuiyan and Mohammad Shishir Manir were present at the courtroom for the pleas, while attorney general Md Asaduzzaman represented the state.
Earlier, 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 filed the three review petitions in this regard.
The caretaker government system was initially introduced through the 13th amendment to the constitution in 1996.
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