Law Week
HC seeks report on embassy role
The High Court on October 12 asked Bangladesh ambassador to Saudi Arabia to submit a report on the steps it took to save the lives of eight Bangladeshi nationals who were beheaded in Riyadh on October 8. The ambassador has been asked to submit the report in four weeks. The court asked the ministries of foreign and labour affairs to investigate the role of the Bangladesh embassy officials in Saudi Arabia in saving the lives of the eight workers and to submit a report to the court in eight weeks. The HC also issued a rule upon the officials concerned to explain in four weeks why their “inaction or failure” to save the lives of the eight Bangladeshi citizens should not be declared illegal. The HC bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif came up with the order and rule following the writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh.-The Daily Star online edition October 12 2011.
Contempt rule against CEC
The High Court on October 11 issued a contempt of court rule against Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda and five others for declaring a candidate of Pirojpur municipality polls as elected uncontested ignoring its order. In the rule, the court asked the CEC and others to explain in two weeks why appropriate legal action would not be taken against them for violating the order. On January 2 this year, an HC bench directed the authorities concerned to allow one Nasim Uddin Khan to contest the Pirojpur municipality polls by allocating a symbol to him and not to declare anybody elected uncontested. But the Election Commission (EC) on January 20 issued a gazette notification declaring Md Habibur Rahman Malek as mayor uncontested. Habibur Rahman is one of the six persons against whom the HC issued the contempt of court rule. The HC bench of Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice M Moazzam Husain issued the rule. -The Daily Star October 12 2011.
Hearing deferred for 20th time
A Dhaka court on octrober 11 deferred for the 20th times the hearing on charge framing against Arafat Rahman Koko, son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in a tax evasion case. The court fixed November 20 for the hearing. Judge Mohammad Zohurul Haque of the Senior Special Judge's Court extended the time following a time petition submitted by Koko's lawyer Zainul Abedin Meshbah. In his petition, Meshbah said he could not bring any order on the rule issued earlier from the High Court (HC) following a writ challenging the legality of the case. The HC issued a rule upon the government on June 9 last year to explain why the proceedings of the case should not be declared illegal.- The Daily Star October 12 2011.
HC drops Khaleda's petition
from hearing list
A High Court bench on October 11 dropped from its hearing list a petition by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging proceedings against her in the Zia Orphanage Trust case. The bench of Justice Mohammad Anwarul Haque and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque dropped the plea. The HC on October 15, 2009, issued a rule on the government and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to explain why the proceedings against Khaleda in the case should not be scrapped. The petition came up in the cause on October 11 for final hearing.- The Daily Star October 12 2011.
HC directed to maintain status quo
The High Court on October 11 directed the government to maintain status quo for ten days on felling trees on both sides of the road from Jhanjail Bazar to Durgapur upazila in Netrakona. The court passed the order following a writ petition filed by Liton Mrong, general secretary of Garo Baptist Convention Bangladesh (GBCB), seeking status quo order in respect of cutting down the trees. The HC bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice Hassan Arif ordered the petitioner and the Netrakona district council authorities to inform the position of the tress and its land to this court within ten days.- The Daily Star October 12 2011.
Remove CCTVs from beauty parlours
A High Court on October 10 directed the government to take necessary action immediately for removing closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) from the service rooms of the beauty parlours across the country. The court also issued a rule upon the five government officials to explain within two weeks why they should not be directed to make a policy on the use of CCTV cameras in service rooms of the parlours. The five are information secretary, home secretary, labour secretary, inspector general of police (IGP) and director general of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab). A HC bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif passed the order.- The Daily Star October 11 2011.
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