Law Week
Gen Harun granted conditional bail
The High Court on October 18 granted conditional bail to Destiny Group President Lt Gen (retd) M Harun-Ar-Rashid for two months in two money laundering cases. The court granted Harun-Ar-Rashid, also former army chief, on conditions that Harun would disassociate himself from the controversial MLM company, and not leave the country without court permission. The court asked Harun not to influence the investigation into the cases against him, and to cooperate with the investigation officers, the court said. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Farid Ahmed also barred the Destiny president from making public statement over the cases. His bail will be automatically cancelled if Harun breaches any of the conditions, the bench added. - The Daily Star online edition October 18 2012.
Stay on Moudud's graft case extended again
The Supreme Court on October again extended till November 11 its earlier order that stayed the proceedings of a corruption case against BNP leader Moudud Ahmed. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha also directed Moudud to file a leave to appeal petition with this court against a High Court verdict in this case. On September 16 in 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case against Moudud on charge of amassing wealth worth more than Tk 7.38 crore illegally and concealing information about his wealth of more than Tk 4.4 crore from the commission. The HC on October 7 cleared the way for continuing the proceedings of the case. -The Daily Star online edition October 18 2012.
Limon gets exemption from appearing before court
Considering his physical condition and studies, a Jhalakathi court on October 17 exempted Limon Hossain, the young college student maimed by Rab last year, from appearing before the court during future hearings. Limon, aided by his lawyers, appeared before the Senior Judicial Magistrate's court on October 17 for hearing in the case filed against him by Rab for obstructing law enforcers from conducting their professional duties, attempted murder and injuring the Rab personnel. The same court also heard the objection plea filed by Limon's mother Henoara Begum over the police report submitted in a case she had filed against six Rab personnel. The report submitted by Rajapur police to the court cleared Rab of all allegations. The next hearing date for both the cases has been fixed for December 12. - The Daily Star October 18 2012.
HC rule on health budget rise
The High Court on October 16 asked the government to explain in three weeks why it should not be directed to increase budgetary allocation for public health service as per recommendation of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The WHO, in its 2011 report, recommended every government to spend $44 for each citizen annually for health service, but the Bangladesh government spends only $21. An HC bench came up with the rule following a writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Omar Sadat on October 14 seeking HC directives in this regard. -The Daily Star October 17 2012.
14 held for fraudulence in HC
Law enforcers on October 16 held 14 people from the High Court premises for fraudulence after an HC order. The detainees are Ashraf, Mawla, Gulzar, Tuhin Kiah, Khairuzzaman, Bikul, Dulal Matubbor, Mirza, Obaidul Mollah, Mahbub, Kalam Matubbor, Masud, Firoz and Hafizur of Nagarkanda in Faridpur. The detainees, who appeared before an HC bench for bail in an attempted murder case, suppressed information to the court about an earlier order that rejected their another bail petition last week. The HC gave the order after Assistant Attorney General Ali Jinnah informed the court about the fraudulence. - The Daily Star October 17 2012.
HC clears way for trial of a corruption case
The High Court on October 16 cleared the way for continuing the trial proceedings of a corruption case against BNP leader and former health minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case with Ramna Police Station on January 10, 2008 against Mosharraf on charge of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 12.51 crore and concealing information about Tk 3.11 crore. HC on October 16 rejected a petition filed by Mosharraf for quashing the case proceedings. Mosharraf, in his petition, claimed that the ACC's notice asking for his wealth statement was illegal, as it was sent to him while he was in jail. - The Daily Star October 17 2012.
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