Bangladesh Supreme Court

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Keeping students' faces, ears uncovered: SC upholds DU Bangla dept's move

The Supreme Court today upheld a notice issued by the Dhaka University's Bangla department asking its students to keep their faces, including their ears, uncovered during exams and presentations.

SC grants Haji Salim bail in graft case, no bar to his release

The Supreme Court today granted bail to Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim in a corruption case.

SC denies Haji Salim’s bail in corruption case

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (August 1, 2022) refused to grant bail to Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim in a corruption case in which the High Court has upheld his conviction and 10 years of jail sentence.

SC stays case against Prof Yunus

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (June 13, 2022) stayed for two months the proceedings of a case filed against Nobel laureate and Grameen Telecom Chairman Dr Muhammad Yunus on charge of violating labour law.

SC scraps HC order for recommending recruitment of 2,500 petitioners as teachers

The Supreme Court today scrapped a High Court directive that asked the Non-government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) to recommend to the authorities concerned to recruit around 2,500 contempt of court petitioners, who qualified relevant exams, as teachers of private educational institutions.

Attacking Navy officer: SC to hear on Sunday Erfan’s petition to vacate stay order on bail

The Supreme Court today fixed Sunday for hearing a petition filed by Erfan Salim, son of Awami League MP Haji Md Salim, for vacating its stay order on the High Court bail for him in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in October last year.

‘Crimes by law enforcers’: 102 SC lawyers file petition for independent probe

A total of 102 Supreme Court lawyers today collectively filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directive on the government to constitute an independent commission to investigate allegations of crimes committed by law enforcers.

Torching buses in Dhaka: SC upholds HC’s bail orders for 65 BNP men

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today upheld the High Court orders that granted anticipatory bail to 65 BNP leaders and activists including Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Ishraque Hossain in seven cases filed for torching buses in Dhaka on November 12.

April 3, 2016
April 3, 2016

SC to hear Nizami’s review plea next week

The Supreme Court will hear next week the petition filed by war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami seeking review of its judgement that upheld his death penalty for his wartime offences.

February 23, 2016
February 23, 2016

SC stays bail of lawyer accused of militant financing

The Supreme Court stays bail for Shakila Farjana, a lawyer accused of militant financing, until February 29 in two cases.

February 4, 2016
February 4, 2016

Govt to appoint 3 judges to Appellate Division

The government takes an initiative to promote three High Court judges to the Appellate Division, as the apex court has a shortage of judges for more than two years.

January 25, 2016
January 25, 2016

SC upholds ex-BNP MP’s acquittal in tax evasion case

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that scrapped six years’ imprisonment of former BNP lawmaker M Rashiduzzaman Millat in a tax evasion case.

January 13, 2016
January 13, 2016

War crimes: Sayedee to seek review of SC verdict

War criminal Delowar Hossain Sayedee will file a review against the Supreme Court verdict that commuted his death penalty to jail unto death.

January 5, 2016
January 5, 2016

Nizami verdict tomorrow

All eyes are on the Supreme Court which is set to deliver verdict tomorrow on an appeal challenging the death penalty of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.

December 29, 2015
December 29, 2015

Partisan municipal polls challenged

A Supreme Court lawyer challenges the legality of political parties’ participation in tomorrow’s municipality elections, terming it contradictory to the constitution.

December 28, 2015
December 28, 2015

SC too clears way for AL rebel candidate

The Supreme Court uphold a High Court order that asked the returning officer concerned to allow Awami League’s rebel candidate Ahsan Habib Pranjol to contest for the mayoral post in Kachua municipality election in Chandpur.

December 10, 2015
December 10, 2015

Legal notice for army deployment in municipal polls

A Supreme Court lawyer in a legal notice requests the Election Commission to deploy army to create a level-playing field for the upcoming municipality polls.

December 3, 2015
December 3, 2015

CJ for using Bangla at apex court

Chief Justice SK Sinha stresses the need for introducing Bangla, the mother tongue of the country, in judicial proceedings of the Supreme Court to meet up the expectations of people.