Writ petition seeks review of recommendations by women affairs reform commission
Staff Correspondent
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking the formation of an expert committee to review recommendations made by Reform Commission on Women Affairs.Petitioner Advocate Rowshan Ali confirmed the matter on Sunday.The petition sought a directive to form a committee of experts to examine what it terms the ‘controversial and conflicting’ aspects of the commission’s report.The petition made Women and Children Affairs Ministry, Law and Religious Affairs ministries along with chairperson of the Reform Commission on Women Affairs respondents in the petition.According to the writ, several recommendations in the report contradict the provisions of Islamic Sharia, go against the religious sentiments of people, and conflicting with the Constitution of Bangladesh.It also sought issuance of a rule asking why the recommendations made in chapters 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, and 12 of the report should not be declared illegal and beyond legal authority.Advocate Rowshan Ali said, “The reform commission’s report spans 318 pages and has recently gained widespread attention through various platforms. Some of its recommendations are in direct conflict with Islamic Sharia, the Constitution, and the moral values of the country’s religious people.”
