News Desk :
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday said the hearing on the review petition against the verdict of the High Court on 16th amendment to the Constitution will start very soon.
He said this while speaking in Parliament on the issue of a proposal to send the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Remuneration and Privileges) Bill, 2021 to scrutiny committee.
He said the case is now pending in the Appellate Division as the government sought the review on the ground of “error apparent on the face of the record”.
“There is enough merit to review this case,” he said.
The minister said the government has already requested the Appellate Division to review the case.
“The Appellate Division informed us they will hear the case very soon,” he said, reports UNB.
The Jatiya Sangsad lost the power to remove Supreme Court judges on grounds of incapacity or misconduct as the High Court in 2016 scrapped the 16th constitutional amendment that restored the parliament’s authority.
The HC declared that the amendment is illegal, unconstitutional and against the principles of the separation of state powers and the independence of the judiciary.
The amendment brought to the constitution in 2014 abolished the chief justice-led Supreme Judicial Council system which was introduced in 1978.
