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Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka gathers the modern Chief Justices and senior judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, the highest constitutional courts of the two South Asian nations. Bangladesh's court has ruled on the legality of caretaker governments and constitutional amendments since independence in 1971, while Sri Lanka's has shaped the island's post-independence constitutional order through decades of political and ethnic conflict.

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Judges of Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan apex courts, exemplified by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the highest appellate court in the country. 1
Formation Year
1972 CE 1
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1. Appellate Division Supreme Court Bangladesh (Wikipedia)
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  • Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, lead section
    The Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh is the highest appellate court in the country.
  • Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, History section, 1972 establishment fact
    the Appellate Division was established in 1972 through the High Court of Bangladesh (Amendment) Order
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