Dhaka – The High Court on Monday asked the authorities concerned to submit reports to the Supreme Court and the government with explanations if any case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000 is not disposed of within…
Category: Courts law
Hearing against 74 BNP men on vandalism, arson case
Dhaka-A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing to April 5 of 2017 in the case filed against BNP Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 73 others for obstructing police from discharging their duties and alleged attempt to murder.
Gazipur suspended mayor remanded in extortion case
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Sunday placed suspended Gazipur City Corporation mayor MA Mannan on a one-day remand in an extortion case filed with Joydebpur Police Station.Gazipur Senior Judicial Magistrate Abdul Hye passed the order when police produced MA…
Govt to set up HC benches in Sylhet, Chittagong
Dhaka – The government is likely to set up two separate High Court benches in Chittagong and Sylhet. Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha came up with the information while addressing the annual dinner of Sylhet Bar Association on Thursday evening.
HC summons Sherpur FP officer Sr Staff Nurse over death of newborn
Dhaka – The High Court yesterday summoned the family planning officer and a senior staff nurse of Sherpur Health Complex in Bogra over refusing service and driving away an expecting woman, causing her to give birth under a tree resulting…
HC stays trial proceedings against Moudud in Niko graft case
Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday stayed the trial proceedings against BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed in the Niko graft case for eight weeks. An HC bench comprising Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal and Justice Shahidul Karim passed the order…
Khaleda says not quilty in graft case, charges in 10 sabotage cases Jan 9
Dhaka – BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia on Thursday pleaded herself not guilty in the Zia Charitable Trust Graft case. She disclosed the claim while giving her statement in self-defence in the case. Meanwhile, Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of the…
Don’t arrest Mannan sans court order: HC
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday asked the government not to show suspended Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) mayor MA Mannan arrested in any criminal case without court order. A two-member HC bench comprising Justice Quamrul Islam Siddique and Justice…
Arrest warrants against BNP leader Bulu, 29 others
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday issued warrants for the arrest of 30 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, including BNP vice-chairman Barkatullah Bulu, in a violence case filed in 2014 with Paltan Police Station. UNB news…
HC asks Tarique to surrender before court in 30 days
The High Court on Tuesday asked BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman to surrender before the lower courts concerned within 30 days in three extortion cases filed against him in 2007.An HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad…
RU VC, pro-VC sued for class vi employee recruitment
Dhaka – A case was filed with a Rajshahi court on Thursday accusing the vice chancellor, pro-vice chancellor, registrar and recruitment committee of 4th grade employees of Rajshahi University of being involved in recruitment irregularities over three staff posts.
SC nods suspension of graft case against BNP’s Annie
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order that had suspended the proceedings of a graft case against BNP leader Shaheed Uddin Chowdhury Annie for amassing wealth beyond known sources of income.
SC grants bail to Mahmudur Rahman Manna
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Monday upheld High Court orders that granted bails to Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in two cases.
AL MP, UNO among 33 sued over Gaibandha Santal attack
Dhaka – A case was filed against 33 people, including a ruling party MP, upazila nirbahi officer, managing director of Rangpur Sugar Mill and officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj police station, in connection with the attack on Santal people in Gobindaganj upazila…
One held with firearms in Jessore
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a man along with three firearms and one bullet from Mahishakura village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Thursday night.
Explain bail to MP Shawkat: HC
Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking Jatiya Party MP Shawkat Ali Chowdhury to explain as to why the bail granted to him by the lower court in two cases filed over loan scam should not…
Govt gets 7 days to finalise judges’ discipline rules
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the government a week to publish gazette notification on the lower court judges’ discipline rules. An eight-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, came up with order following a…
Khaleda’s trial in Niko graft case to continue
Dhaka – The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday rejected the leave-to-appeal petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking a stay on the trial proceedings in the Niko corruption case against her. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led…
Amar Desh editor Mahmudur Rahman freed on bail
Nearly three years and seven months after his arrest, Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman was released on bail from Kashimpur jail on Wednesday.He walked out of Kashimpur Jail part-2 around 1 pm after the bail order reached the jail,…
HC issues ‘standover’ on writ against Articles 95, 116
The High court has issued a ‘standover’ on a writ petition challenging the constitutional provisions over appointment, promotions and transfer of judges. On Nov 3, Supreme Court lawyer Yunus Ali Akhand had filed a petition challenging the 1975 Fourth Amendment…
Why SQ Chy’s wife, son acquittal won’t be scrapped: HC
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the acquittal of the wife and the son of executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in a case filed over leaking the…
7 get 17 years in prison Khulna for mass robbery
Dhaka – A court on Monday sentenced seven robbers to 17 years’ imprisonment in a case filed over mass robbery at six houses in Terokhada upazila of Khulna district in 2008.
SC decision on Appeal in Niko graft case against Khaleda Thursday
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday fixed November 24 for passing an order on a leave to appeal petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking a stay on trial proceedings against her in Niko graft…
HC verdict on Constitution Articles 95, 116 Tuesday
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) has fixed tomorrow (Tuesday) to deliver its verdict on a writ petition filed challenging the legality of articles 95 and 116 of the Constitution. These Articles of the Constitution relate to appointment, posting, promotion…
MP Badi released from jail on bail
Dhaka – Hours after the Supreme Court upheld a High Court order granting a six-month bail to him, Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi was released from jail on Sunday night in a case filed for concealing information about his…
2 sentenced gallows for killing mother, son in Noakhali
Dhaka – A court in Noakhali on Sunday sentenced two people to death for killing a woman and her son in Noakhali district town in 2009. The condemned convicts are Morshed Alam, 37, husband of victim Ruma Akhter, and his…
Niko graft case: SC bench hearing Khaleda’s petition seeking stay
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Sunday started hearing a leave to appeal petition filed by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, seeking a stay in the trial proceedings of the Niko corruption case against her. A five-member bench of the…
Writ challenges legality of police firing on Santals
Dhaka – A writ was filed with the High Court on Wednesday challenging the legality of police firing on Santal people during a clash with law enforcers and workers of Rangpur Sugar Mill in Gobindaganj upazila.
Morsi death sentence overturned
An Egyptian court has struck down a death sentence passed by a lower tribunal against an ousted Islamist president for his part in a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising.The Court of Cassation’s Tuesday ruling means that Mohammed Morsi…
Mufti Hannan asked to submit statement in attack on ex-UK envoy
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Mufti Abdul Hannan, a leader of the banned militant organisation Harkat-ul-Jihad and a death row convict, and four others to submit a concise statement by two weeks in a case filed over…