Last Updated on March 5, 2026 12:14 am by INDIAN AWAAZ
Zakir Hossain from Dhaka
The High Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday issued rules questioning the legality of the July National Charter implementation order, the oath administered to members of the constitutional reform council and the referendum ordinance.
A bench of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, comprising Justices Razik-Al-Jalil and Md Anowarul Islam, passed the orders after hearing two separate writ petitions challenging the measures.
Senior advocates Ahsanul Karim, Syed Mamun Mahbub, Gazi Kamrul Islam Sojol and Jyotirmoy Barua appeared for the petitioners. The National Citizen Party (NCP) was represented by senior lawyer Mohammad Hossain, while Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was represented by Mohammad Shishir Monir. The state was represented by additional attorney general Mohammad Arshadur Rauf, assisted by Aneek R Haque.
The “July National Charter 2025” was signed on October 17, 2025, during the tenure of the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. The July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order, 2025, was later issued through a gazette notification on November 13.
On February 23, Supreme Court lawyer Chowdhury Md Redwan-e-Khoda filed a writ petition challenging key provisions of the implementation order and the referendum ordinance. In a separate petition, lawyer Gazi Md Mahbub Alam questioned the legality of both the order and the letters authorising the oath-taking of constitutional reform council members.
After hearing both petitions, the High Court asked the authorities to explain why the measures should not be declared unlawful.