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Bangladesh SC reinstates Supreme Judicial Council, reverses parliament’s power to remove judges

Dhaka: Bangladesh‘s Supreme Court on Sunday reinstated the Supreme Judicial Council with authority to investigate allegations of judicial misconduct, while upholding its previous ruling that declared the 16th constitutional amendment, which transferred the power of removing judges to parliament, as “illegal”. “The order was passed by a six-member bench of the Supreme Court’s apex Appellate […]