An appeal was lodged at the Supreme Court yesterday seeking the annulment of the complete 15th amendment to the constitution, which eliminated the non-party caretaker government system and implemented significant modifications to the charter. The 15th amendment was approved by the Jatiya Sangsad on June 30, 2011, replacing the 13th amendment that had established the caretaker government system in 1996. Badiul Alam Majumdar, M Hafizuddin Khan, Md Jobirul Hoque Bhuiyan, and Zahrah Rahman, acting as four citizens, submitted the leave-to-appeal application to the Appellate Division with the representation of lawyers Sharif Bhuiyan and Reduanul Karim. They contested the High Court ruling that had invalidated a portion of the 15th amendment and reinstated the provision for conducting referendums on constitutional changes. The application asserted that the HC had made a legal mistake by not deeming the entire amendment unconstitutional due to the absence of a referendum as mandated by Article 142 of the Constitution. Lawyer Sharif Bhuiyan informed the press that the partial revocation of the amendment had led to complications, as certain caretaker government provisions remained unresolved. He mentioned that although sections linked to the caretaker system were reinstated, some constitutional clauses remained unaddressed.
