Advocate Asaduzzaman Siddqui v. Bangladesh: Bangladesh's Dilemma with Judges' Impeachment

Chowdhury, M Jashim Ali; Saha, Nirmal Kumar

Abstract

Like the major constitutional systems of the world, Bangladesh had a parliamentary removal process for the judges of the highest court. The system was however changed by the military rulers of late 1970s. Very recently, the parliament of Bangladesh attempted to revive the original system and the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, was passed in 2014. The case at hand, Asaduzzaman Siddiqui v. Bangladesh is a challenge to this Amendment. This case
comment analyzes the arguments and reasoning of the case and argues that the judges and counsels concerned have wasted a chance to analyze this Amendment from its proper perspective. Therefore, a very high profile constitutional litigation ended in adding virtually nothing to the constitutional jurisprudence of Bangladesh.

Citation

Chowdhury, M. J. A., & Saha, N. K. (2017). Advocate Asaduzzaman Siddqui v. Bangladesh: Bangladesh's Dilemma with Judges' Impeachment. Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Quarterly, 3(3), 7-27

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Aug 21, 2017
• Publication Date: Aug 21, 2017
• Deposit Date: Nov 22, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 27, 2023
• Journal: Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 2347-4351
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 3
• Article Number: 1
• Pages: 7-27
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4131488