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.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recommended over 11 months ago that the government scraps two sections and amends eight others of the Digital Security Act but the government said it will not scrap them and is reviewing the sections.
In a landmark directive, the High Court has said the trial courts must hold separate hearings on sentencing in criminal cases.
Final justice is yet to be delivered to the family members of the then Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master, who was brutally killed on this day 19 years ago, as the appeals in connection with his murder case have been pending with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for seven years.
Although the rate of case disposal has increased in recent years, a huge backlog of around 42 lakh cases is pending with the courts across the country, including the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court, causing immeasurable suffering to the litigants.
Both the victims and convicts of Ramna Batamul bomb blasts have been deprived of final justice due to legal tangles, even 22 years after the gruesome incident.
None of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Bangladesh Bank (BB), Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Police has submitted any probe report on the alleged loan scams in Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, and First Security Islami Bank to the High Court in the last four months despite its directive
Not a single anti-liberation organisation has been brought to book for crimes against humanity and war crimes during the Liberation War, as the relevant law is yet to be amended.
The one-sided election of the Supreme Court Bar Association is likely to keep fueling the tension between the pro-Awami League and pro-BNP lawyers.
In a one-sided election marked by scuffles, chaos, police highhandedness, and ruckus raised by lawyers, the pro-Awami League lawyers have won all posts of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
After a series of legal battles lasting 48 years, Zil Hossain from Chilgachha village in Sirajganj has gotten justice from the High Court.
