Dhaka, March 16 -- The Supreme Court has said the idea of a caretaker government emerged from broad public demand for a neutral electoral process.

The observation came in the Appellate Division's ruling on the appeal and review petitions over the judgment that had scrapped the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which introduced the caretaker government system.

The full text of the judgment, in which the review was allowed, was published by the Supreme Court on Mar 12.

In its observations, the court said the non-party caretaker government system had not damaged the Constitution's basic structure. Rather, the system had strengthened it by safeguarding the "sanctity" of Article 7.

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