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Abolished the caretaker government system which was incorporated through 13th amendment to the constitution in 1996 but later ruled out by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Acknowledged Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the Father of the Nation. Abolished referendum system from the constitution.
The procedure for amendments is demarcated in Article 142, a bill must be presented in the Jatiya Sangsad with the support of no less than two-thirds of all its members (233 MPs). [4] Amending the Constitution of Bangladesh is the process of making changes to the nation's supreme law.
The interim government under Muhammad Yunus faces a legal challenge due to constitutional and legal inconsistencies. The Appellate Division’s 2011 ruling invalidated the 13th Amendment, which introduced the caretaker government system, making it legally obsolete. The 15th Amendment reinforced this by abolishing the caretaker provision altogether.
In 2011, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League-led government abolished caretaker governments with the 15th constitutional amendment. [5] This amendment was opposed by the BNP and other parties. [6] According to Hasina, the courts could dissolve parliament. [7] According to Ershad in 2012, there was popular support for caretaker ...
In 2010, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ruled that the Fifth Amendment of 1979 went against the Constitutional spirit of the country and hence invalidated its removal of clauses related to secularism. The Supreme Court gave the verdict in the case of Bangladesh Italian Marble Works Ltd. v. Government of Bangladesh. While implementing the ...
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday rolled back most of the controversial quotas on government jobs which sparked violent protests.. Under the quota system, some 30% of sought-after civil ...
The intense bickering between the League and BNP, often dubbed the Battle of the Begums, continued. The Hasina government abolished the provision of caretaker government in the constitution through the controversial Fifteenth Amendment. [1] The move was seen by the BNP as an attempt to corrupt the election process in favour of the League.
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