Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, the new president, under martial law, issued a proclamation to amend the Constitution in order to omit the provision for the legal basis of one-party system.
The first one on 31 December 1975 amended Articles 66 and 122 of the Constitution, which disenfranchised those convicted under the Bangladesh Collaborators (Special Tribunal) Order 1972 from being elected as members of parliament and registered as voters.
[3] The final proclamation restored the enforcement of fundamental rights through the power of the High Court Division and substituted the parts regarding the judiciary.
[7] On 2 February 2010, with Mujib's party, the Awami League, in power during the second Hasina ministry, the verdict was upheld by the SC's Appellate Division with some exceptions.
[7] Regarding the changes made by the fifth amendment, the fifteenth amendment, passed without a referendum or serious deliberations on 25 June 2011,[9] omitted paragraph 18 of the Fourth Schedule,[10] regarding the actions taken under martial law, thus technically legalising Mujibur Rahman's one-party state and outlawing the martial law governments, along with making the judiciary and parliament subservient to the President and eliminating fundamental rights, and proceeded to