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DHAKA, July 08, 2026 (BSS) - The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today set tomorrow for pronouncing its judgment on the appeals filed against the High Court verdict that declared parts of the 15th amendment to the constitution "unconstitutional and void". 
 
"Hearing is concluded and judgment tomorrow," said the short order passed by the four-member apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury. 
 
The 15th amendment of the constitution was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on June 30, 2011, and a gazette was published on the amendment on July 3 in 2011. 

The amendment had brought changes to 54 provisions of the constitution, including the abolition of the caretaker government system. 
 
The High Court pronounced its judgment on December 17, 2024, declaring the scrapping of the caretaker government system in the constitution as "illegal". 

HC also restored the provision of a referendum in the constitution. 
 
Four eminent citizens of the country, including the General Secretary of SUJON (Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik), Badiul Alam Majumder, filed a writ petition before the High Court in August 2024, challenging the legality of the 15th amendment. 

Freedom Fighter Md Mofazzal Hossain from Naogaon filed the other writ in this connection. 

Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Miah Golam Parwar filed another petition on behalf of his party. 
 
Senior Advocate Sharif Bhuiyan appeared before the court on behalf of four individuals, including Majumder. Attorney General Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazol and Additional Attorney General Barrister Aneek R Haque represented the state. Senior Advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir appeared on behalf of Jamaat-e-Islami. Advocate ASM Shahriar Kabir represented another appellant.