Dhaka, May 11 -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has released the full text of its verdict overturning a High Court ruling that had declared the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party illegal.

The four-member Appellate Division bench, led by the then Chief Justice, delivered the judgment on June 1 last year.

The full copy of the verdict was published on Monday.

The Election Commission granted Jamaat registration as a political party in November 2008. In 2009, Syed Rezaul Haque Chandpuri and 25 others filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the registration.

After a final hearing, a three-member bench of the High Court declared Jamaat's registration illegal by majority opinion on August 1,...