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.

March 31, 2019
March 31, 2019

Leg lost to accident: SC upholds order to pay Tk 50 lakh to Russel

The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that asked Green Line Paribahan to pay Tk 50 lakh to Russel Sarker, who lost his left leg after a bus of the company ran him over in April last year.

February 18, 2019
February 18, 2019

Accord’s hearing deferred till Apr 7

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has extended the tenure of Accord, a European agency for factory inspection and remediation, till April 7.

January 21, 2019
January 21, 2019

SC defers Accord hearing to Feb 18

The Supreme Court has deferred the hearing on Accord, the European agency for factory inspection and remediation, to February 18.

January 21, 2019
January 21, 2019

SC grants bail to BNP ex-minister Nazmul Huda in bribe case

The Supreme Court grants bail to former BNP minister Nazmul Huda in a bribery case in which he was sentenced to four years imprisonment by the High Court.

January 15, 2019
January 15, 2019

Petition filed challenging oath-taking of lawmakers

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the oath-taking of lawmakers elected in the

January 14, 2019
January 14, 2019

BIWTA structures in Sadarghat only for passengers

The structures constructed by BIWTA in Sadarghat area of Dhaka have to be used only for the passengers' interest, ordered the Supreme Court yesterday.

January 8, 2019
January 8, 2019

SC lawyer serves legal notice to cancel lawmakers’ oath-taking

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to the authorities concerned to cancel or withdraw the oath-taking of lawmakers elected in 11th national parliamentary election, saying that the oath-taking was a violation of the constitution.

January 7, 2019
January 7, 2019

SC upholds HC order on Bobby Hajjaj's party registration

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that directed the Election Commission to register Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) led by its chairman Bobby Hajjaj as a political party.

January 6, 2019
January 6, 2019

No legal bar for holding Ducsu polls

The Supreme Court (SC) has cleared the way for holding the election of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu).

January 3, 2019
January 3, 2019

2 SC benches constituted for quick disposal of pending cases

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain decides to constitute two separate benches for the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for quick disposal of the cases and increasing its (disposal) rate.