The government on Monday placed several bills before the Jatiya Sangsad to repeal judiciary-related ordinances, including those concerning the appointment of Supreme Court judges and the Supreme Court Secretariat.
It also tabled a repeal for the repeal of the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance 2025 and the restoration of the National Human Rights Commission Act 2009.
The parliament passed six bills on the ninth day of its first session, presided over by Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal, to turn seven ordinances into law.
Law minister Md Asaduzzaman introduced bills seeking to repeal the Supreme Court Judges Appointment Ordinance 2025, the Supreme Court Secretariat Ordinance 2025, and the Supreme Court Secretariat (Amendment) Ordinance 2026.
According to the bill, repeal of the Supreme Court Secretariat-related ordinances would dissolve the secretariat established under those ordinances. Its budget, ongoing projects and programmes would be transferred to and vested in the government’s Law and Justice Division. The posts created for the secretariat would also be abolished.
The bill titled the Supreme Court Judges Appointment (Repeal) Act, 2026 states that, despite the repeal of the 2025 ordinance, any actions taken or measures adopted under it shall be deemed to have been lawfully taken or adopted.
Similarly, the National Human Rights Commission (Repeal and Re-enactment) Act, 2026 provides that although the National Human Rights Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024, the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance, 2025, and the National Human Rights Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 would be repealed, any actions taken under those ordinances would remain valid.
As opposition lawmakers raised objections to the proposals to repeal the ordinances during the scrutiny of the interim government-issued 133 ordinances by a special parliamentary committee, the law minister proposed that discussion on the bills be scheduled for the final day designated for adopting the ordinances.
He said that, in line with constitutional requirements, ordinances must be placed before Jatiya Sangsad and passed within 30 days of its first sitting.
The first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad began on March 12. Under Article 93 of the constitution, the deadline for approving the ordinances will expire on April 9.
Meanwhile, the law minister also tabled the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat (Interim Special Provisions) (Repeal) Bill, 2026, seeking to repeal the corresponding 2024 ordinance. The bill was passed by voice vote.
The parliament also passed six bills to turn seven related ordinances into law. The bills are the Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Voter List (Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Election Commission Secretariat Act, 2026; the Election Officers (Special Provisions) Act, 2026; the Delimitation of Constituencies Act, 2026; and the Bangladesh Law Officers (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
Separately, land minister Mizanur Rahman Minu placed the Land Use Control and Agricultural Land Protection Bill, 2026, which was referred to a special parliamentary committee for further scrutiny.
The parliamentary body formed to review 133 ordinances recommended that 98 be introduced in their existing form and 15 in amended form through the respective ministries.
It also recommended scrapping four ordinances, while 16 others would undergo further scrutiny and strengthening before being reintroduced in a more comprehensive form.
