Bangladesh top court restores Jamaat-e-Islami’s party registration – Middle East Monitor

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday reinstated the registration of the opposition Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, overturning a decade-old High Court ruling and clearing the way for the party to contest in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The decision was handed down by a four-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, who directed the Election Commission (EC) to immediately restore the party’s registration and resolve…