Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- The Appellate Division has deferred the hearing on four petitions, seeking a review of its verdict that scrapped the caretaker government system, for two weeks.

A three-member bench, headed by Acting Chief Justice M Ashfaqul Islam, passed the order on Tuesday.

Currently, Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed is out of the country.

Senior lawyers Joynul Abedin, Sharif Bhuiyan and Shishir Monir stood for the petitioners while Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman represented the state during the hearing in the court.

The caretaker government system was introduced in 1996. In 1998, a writ petition was submitted with the High Court (HC) challenging its validity.

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