Divided HC orders on freeing 195 Pak war criminals

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The High Court (HC) yesterday passed a divided order upon a Writ petition filed challenging legality of releasing 195 identified Pakistani war criminals through a trilateral treaty signed among Bangladesh, India and Pakistan in 1974.

Wing Commander Hamidullah Khan, who was also a Sector Commander during the Liberation War in 1971, filed the Writ petition with the HC.

Sayeedi detained till Dec 29

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The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday passed an order to keep Maulana Delwar Hossain Sayeedi in custody till December 29, 2010.

The Tribunal directed the investigation agency to submit its report to it after completing investigation of allegation of the crimes against Sayeedi or to inform it the development of investigation by December 23, 2010.

However, Sayeedi's lawyer Advocate Tazul Islam alleged that the order was given out of the jurisdiction of the Tribunal as Section 11(5) of the main statute didn't allow the court to do so.

HC asks DCs, IGP to prevent stalking of women

UNB, Dhaka
The High Court on November 2 asked the Deputy
Commissioners to remain on high alert about the incidents of stalking
of women and directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to take
steps to prevent such crimes.

Passing a series of interim directives upon a Public Interest
Litigation (PIL) writ petition, an HC division bench issued a rule
asking the government to explain why a direction should not be given
to frame guidelines or policy or enact a proper law to address the
issue of eve teasing to protect the rights of women and girls in the
society.

Writ petition against medicine adulteration

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 A writ petition on November 2 filed with the High Court seeking its directives upon the government for taking steps to prevent medicine adulteration and also taking legal steps against the involved.

The Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB) filed the writ on Tuesday with a HC bench comprising of justice Mohammad Iman Ali and justice Obaidul Hasan.