Dhaka, March 3 -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday deferred the hearing on four separate review petitions, filed challenging its verdict that annulled the caretaker government system, until May 8 this year.

A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Justice Ashfaqul Islam, set the date after hearing a time-prayer filed by the state.

On February 11, the hearing of the review petitions was deferred for two weeks by the apex court.

BNP - represented by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami - represented by its Secretary General Miah Golam Porwar, five prominent citizens including Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik secretary Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, and freedom fighter Md ...