Surendra Kumar Sinha

SK Sinha's conviction: Not a good day for judiciary, says Law Minister

Regarding former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha's conviction in a money laundering case today, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said it is not a good day for the judiciary.

Sinha granted political asylum in US, claim media reports

The US State Department on Saturday reportedly approved an application of former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha for political asylum.

ACC to probe Sinha for 'graft, power abuse'

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will be investigating the case filed against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on the charge of misuse of power and corruption.

Sinha to be brought back: Law minister

Claiming that former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has no allegiance towards the country, Law Minister Anisul Huq says he will be brought back home through a legal process.

Ex-CJ Sinha seeks political asylum in US

Former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Saturday said he had sought political asylum in the United States.

ACC to probe money laundering allegations against Sinha's brother

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to investigate an allegation of money laundering against Ananta Kumar Sinha, the younger brother of former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

Suspicious Transaction: ACC quizzes ex-MD of Farmers Bank, 5 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed six people, including former managing director of Farmers Bank SK M Shamim, for around six hours in connection with an ongoing enquiry into “suspicious transaction of Tk 4 crore in a bank”.

Sinha's remarks about judiciary unacceptable: AG

The unseemly remarks on the apex court's judges made by former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha in his recently published autobiography have damaged the image of the judiciary, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said yesterday, terming Sinha's comments “unacceptable”.

'Fictitious'

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday dismissed as “fictitious” former Chief Justice SK Sinha's allegations against the government.

July 10, 2017
July 10, 2017

Judges must not engage in inappropriate activities: CJ

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha in a meeting with the judges of the Supreme Court yesterday cautioned them against getting involved in inappropriate activities.

June 30, 2017
June 30, 2017

War criminals attempted to disrupt trial

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has said war criminals sought to interrupt the trial proceedings through appointing international

May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016

Bangladesh Supreme Court won't rehear most of 168 settled cases

The Supreme Court yesterday said it would not hold rehearing on most of the 168 cases in which former chief justice Md

May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016

Nizami’s review plea hearing likely tomorrow

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hold the hearing tomorrow on the review petition filed by condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.

April 7, 2016
April 7, 2016

Graft case: SC upholds 3-yr jail for Alamgir’s son

The Supreme Court upholds the three-year jail sentence of former Awami League lawmaker Dr Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir’s son Joy Alamgir in a corruption case.

April 3, 2016
April 3, 2016

Trials stumble on outdated laws

Many of the country's laws have become obsolete and are of little effect in doing investigation and delivering justice in modern times, Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha said yesterday.

April 1, 2016
April 1, 2016

Evening courts ‘soon’ to cut case backlog: CJ

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha says initiatives will be taken to introduce evening shift at courts in order to reduce the backlog of cases.

March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016

Court asks 2 ministers to appear on March 20

The Supreme Court yesterday adjourned the hearing until March 20 on the contempt rule against two ministers for

March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016

Comments on CJ embarrassed govt

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government was “embarrassed” by the comments of two ministers about Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016

One step forward to digitisation

After 144 years of writing down the testimonies and cross examinations by hand, 20 courts of Sylhet yesterday started doing those things digitally, a first in the country.