The High Court has issued a rule concerning the referendum and its results, the July National Charter, the oath letters of members of the Constitutional Reform Council, and the validity of the referendum ordinance.
The order was issued on Tuesday (March 3) by a High Court bench comprising Justice Rajik Al Jalil and Justice Md Anwarul Islam during the preliminary hearing of two separate petitions on these matters.
On February 23, Supreme Court lawyer Chowdhury Md Redwan-e-Khoda filed a petition challenging the implementation order of the July National Charter and the validity of Section 3 and the schedule of the referendum ordinance.
Previously, on February 17, another petition was filed by Supreme Court lawyer Gazi Md Mahbub Alam, challenging the July National Charter implementation order and the validity of the letters issued on February 16 regarding the oath of members of the Constitutional Reform Council. The Chief Election Commissioner, the Cabinet Secretary, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Law have been named as respondents in the petitions.
The petitions allege various irregularities and violations of rules during the referendum process. They claim that, as a result, the referendum results are neither proper nor valid. The petitioners have requested the High Court to annul the referendum results and order a reconsideration of the electoral process.