The verdict on the validity of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, excluding the caretaker government, will be announced today, Tuesday (December 17).
A dual bench of the High Court comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury will announce the verdict.
The hearing of two writ petitions challenging the validity of the 15th Amendment concluded on December 4. Several organizations including BNP and Jamaat were parties to the writ petitions. Almost all of them voted in favor of reinstating the caretaker government.
On June 30, 2011, the Awami League put the final nail in the caretaker government provision through the 15th Amendment to the Constitution. This amendment included a provision for the death penalty for seizing state power illegally.
In addition, a provision was made for elections within 90 days of the end of the term of parliament, which was previously to hold elections within 90 days of the end of the term of parliament. Fifty-five such amendments, both major and minor, were brought through the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution.