DHAKA, Nov 2, 2023 (BSS) - The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today set November 9 for holding hearing on a petition, pleading to review the apex court judgment that declared the 16th Amendment of the Constitution, illegal.

An Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan set the date following a petition filed by Attorney General AM Amin Uddin.
 
The Appellate Division in its judgment on July 3 in 2017, upheld a High Court verdict that declared illegal the 16th amendment to the constitution, dismissing a state appeal against it. The state later filed the plea, seeking a review of the apex court judgment.
 
On June 1 in 2017, the apex court concluded hearing on the state appeal against the High Court verdict that had declared illegal the 16th amendment to the constitution, which had empowered parliament to remove judges for incapacity or misconduct.
 
A three-member High Court bench led by Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury delivered the verdict by majority on May 5, 2016. The two other judges were Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal.