Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today began its sixth day of hearings on an appeal challenging its previous judgment that abolished the non-party caretaker government system for holding national elections.The full bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, commenced proceedings around 9:30 am.

Senior Advocate Zainul Abedin continued his arguments for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which had filed one of the pleas. He had begun his submissions on October 29.

Earlier, Advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir argued on behalf of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on October 28. Advocate Sharif Bhuiyan was the first to present arguments on October 21, on behalf of five distinguished citi...