The Appellate Division has adjourned hearing on the appeals filed against a High Court verdict that declared parts of the 15th constitutional amendment, including the abolition of unconstitutional caretaker government system.
Headed by Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, a bench of Appellate Division conducted the hearing on Monday. The court subsequently adjourned the proceedings until Tuesday.
Earlier, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was added as a party to appeal. Attorney General Ruhul Quddus Kazal, alongside lawyers Sharif Bhuiyan and Shishir Monir, participated in the court proceedings.
The Appellate Division had granted permission to appeal against the High Court’s ruling on 13 November 2025, after which the formal hearings commenced.
This follows a judgement delivered on 17 December 2025, where the High Court declared specific portions of the 15th amendment “unconstitutional” following the final hearing of two separate writ petitions.
Appeals against that judgement were filed by four individuals, including secretary of Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (SUJAN), as well as a resident of Naogaon Md Mofazzal Hossain, and Jamaat-e-Islami.
The 15th amendment was passed in national parliament by Awami League government on 30 June 2011. The amendment introduced 54 changes to the constitution, most notably the abolition of caretaker government system.
Following the July mass uprising, two separate writ petitions were filed in the High Court last year challenging the legal validity of entire 15th Amendment Act and several of its specific provisions.
One petition was lodged by the Secretary of SHUJAN and four others, while the second was filed by Md Mofazzal Hossain. The High Court delivered its verdict on these matters on 17 December last year.
