In a landmark verdict, the High Court yesterday scrapped a part of the 15th amendment to the constitution that abolished the non-partisan caretaker government system.
Harendranath Chandra, a 79-year-old man, has finally received justice after a gruelling four-decade legal battle. Falsely accused of embezzling funds from Sonali Bank, Harendranath endured years of hardship, including imprisonment and financial ruin.
The Appellate Division is yet to settle the issues because the parties concerned apparently remain apathetic about disposing of the appeals
The High Court yesterday acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar and all the others convicted in two cases over the grisly August 21, 2004 grenade attack.
Sultana Jasmine, a 41-year-old land office employee from Naogaon, was picked up by the members of Rapid Action Battalion on March 22 last year.
The Supreme Court yesterday formally proposed the formation of a Judicial Appointment Council led by the chief justice through an ordinance to select judges for recruitment to both divisions of the apex court.
Disclosing his plan, the chief justice also said specific rules will be formulated for constituting the council under the constitution and he will share all these relevant issues with the HC judges later on
The Supreme Court has proposed establishing a separate secretariat for the judiciary to make it truly independent and effectively separate it from the executive branch.
Four years have passed after the concerned lower court finished the trial proceedings and delivered its verdict in a case filed for the custodial torture and death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, a garment-waste trader from Mirpur, 10 years ago.
The government has prepared a draft to amend the International Crimes (Tribunals) 1973, keeping the provision that allows banning of a political party for 10 years for committing crimes against humanity and genocide.
The High Court in the full text of an order has directed the Bangladesh Bank to appoint a receiver to manage the companies of Beximco Group and attach all the properties belonging to the companies for six months.
The High Court Division of the Supreme Court is now facing a shortage of judges after five of its judges have been elevated to the Appellate Division including one as chief justice.
iPhone juggernaut Apple is in talks to invest in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and the biggest name in generative artificial intelligence, a news report said Thursday.
Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, who was allegedly forced to leave the country about seven years ago as a sitting chief justice, has said he is ready to return to Bangladesh and prove that all the cases filed against him are completely false and fabricated if the government ensures his security.
Uncertainty looms over quick delivery of a High Court judgement in the August 21, 2004, grenade attack cases as the hearing on appeals and death references has recently been halted.
The Detective Branch’s picking up of key coordinators of the quota reform protest “for the sake of security” is unconstitutional, said two legal experts and an academician.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the full text of its July 10 order, has said the High Court judgement, which effectively reinstated quotas in government jobs, must remain inoperative until the leave-to-appeal petitions filed with this court are disposed of.
Although eight years have passed since the horrific militant attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan, justice is yet to be finalised for the families of the victims.
