July Charter Implementation Order and Referendum Ordinance Rule Question Hearing June 17
July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order, 2025 and Referendum Ordinance 2025 and 2025 Referendum Ordinance Section 3 and Schedule Questions The High Court has fixed June 17 as the date for hearing the ruling. The High Court bench consisting of Justice Razik-Al-Jalil and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury fixed Monday as the day for hearing the rule.
Mohammad Shishir Monir, the senior lawyer of Jamaat-e-Islami and members of parliament elected from the party, said that June 17 has been fixed for the hearing of the ruling. He told Prothom Alo that Jamaat-e-Islami and 66 members of parliament elected from the party have been named as personal defendants in this writ last week.
Meanwhile, the Jatiya Nagrik Party (NCP) has applied to be joined as a respondent in a separate writ on the validity of Section 3 and Schedule of the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order, 2025 and Referendum Ordinance 2025. Legal Secretary of NCP Zahirul Islam Musa said that the matter is awaiting hearing.
Earlier, the July National Charter (Constitution Reform) Implementation Order, 2025 and 2025 Referendum Ordinance 3 clauses and the validity of the schedule, Supreme Court lawyer Md Chowdhury. Redwan-e-Khoda filed a writ on February 23.
July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) implementation order and the validity of the letter given to the newly elected members of Parliament for the oath of the Constitution Reform Council member Gazi Md. Supreme Court. Mahbub Alam filed another writ in the last week of February. On March 3, the High Court ruled on the preliminary hearing of separate writs.
In the first writ, it has been sought to know why Article 3 of the Referendum Ordinance 2025 and the schedule should not be declared void and inconsistent with the Constitution. Section 3 of the Ordinance mentions four referendum questions. And in the schedule July National Charter-2025 on which there is a consensus, 30 issues are mentioned. Law Secretary, Cabinet Secretary, Secretary of National Parliament Secretariat, Chief Secretary of Prime Minister's Office are asked to respond to this rule within four weeks.
In the context of the other writ, it is sought to know why the July 13, 2025 National Charter (Constitution Reform) Implementation Order, 2025 and the February 16 memo for the oath of the members of parliament elected in the Thirteenth National Parliament Elections as members of the Constitutional Reform Council should not be declared in conflict with the Constitution and null and void. The rule also sought to know why the swearing-in of certain members of the Thirteenth National Parliament as members of the Constitution Reform Council through the Chief Election Commissioner should not be declared outside the legal authority. Law Secretary, Cabinet Secretary, National Parliament Secretariat Secretary, Chief Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, Chief Election Commissioner and the defendants were asked to respond to the rule within four weeks.
The two separate writs filed by the two lawyers are numbered 4 and 5 in the court's agenda today. The court fixed the date for hearing the ruling. Through this, the final hearing is going to start on the ruling made in the context of separate writs.
