Dhaka, Nov. 20 -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Thursday reinstated the non-partisan caretaker government system during the election period.

The highest court of the country has declared the much-discussed verdict in 2011 to abolish the non-partisan caretaker government system during the election period as illegal.

Today at 9:40 am, the full Appellate Division of 7 judges, led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, announced the verdict, lawyers said. The other six judges of the bench are - Justice Md. Ashfaqul Islam, Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, Justice Md. Reazaul Haque, Justice SM Imdadul Haque, Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub.

Although the caretaker government system automatically r...