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The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1988 declared, among others, that Islam shall be state religion (Article 2A) and also decentralised the judiciary by setting up six permanent benches of the High Court Division outside Dhaka (Article 100). Anwar Hussain . Vs. Bangladesh [10] widely known as 8th Amendment case is a famous judgment in the ...
The next major change in the panchayat system of India came with the passage of the Panchayati Raj Act (73rd Amendment) in 1992. A key motivation behind this act was the belief that local governments could be more effective than centrally appointed bureaucrats in identifying and responding to the needs of villages. Consequently, this act was a ...
Prime Minister's (Remuneration and Privileges) Act, 1975 (No 9) Bangladesh Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 (No 13) Bangladesh (Restoration of Evacuee Property) (Effect of Expiry) Act, 1975 (No 15) ESSO Undertaking Acquisition Act, 1975 (No 16) Islamic Foundation Act, 1975 (No 17) Blind Relief (Donation of Eye) Act, 1975 (No 25)
Bangladesh Italian Marble Works Ltd. v. Government of Bangladesh is a case of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. In a significant verdict in 2010, the court overturned the fifth amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh made in 1979; and strengthened the secular democratic character of the Bangladeshi republic.
In 2017, the Supreme Court declared the Sixteenth Amendment Act of 2014 illegal and void. The amendment had introduced the provision of impeaching judges in parliament. The Supreme Court held that since parliament cannot hold conscience votes due to Article 70, the provision would have undermined judicial independence. [27]
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh This page was last edited on 30 August 2024, at 08:26 (UTC). Text is ...
First page of the original Constitution of Bangladesh in Bangla. The Constitution of Bangladesh [a] —since its adoption by the 'controversial' [1] [2] [3] and virtually "one-party" [4] Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh in 1972—has repeatedly come under criticism for its failure to build institutionalism in governance and politics, safeguard human rights, and ensure the independence of the ...
The spirit of 1972 did not last long. In September 1973, only nine months after the constitution was created, parliament passed Act XXIV, also known as the Second Amendment Bill. Now, Article 26 no longer provided an absolute safeguard of "fundamental rights" but allowed them to be circumvented by amendments.