Constitutional Amendment

Suranjit seeks BNP opinion

Co-chair of the parliamentary special committee on constitutional amendment Suranjit Sengupta yesterday urged BNP leaders to come before the special committee to give their opinions in amending the constitution in consensus.

“Come and talk to the committee anytime,” Suranjit urged the main opposition leaders at a discussion at Bilia auditorium in the city organised by Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee.

Change constitution thru nat'l consensus

Roundtable suggests assessing public opinion through BTV

 

A national consensus is needed before bringing any amendment to the constitution, said constitution experts and eminent citizens at a roundtable yesterday.

Some of them suggested using the Bangladesh Television to assess public opinions, while some suggested formation of a constitution commission or an expert committee.

Confusion everywhere over reprinted version : Which Constitution now in force

Mohammad Ali

Even after reprinting the Constitution over three months ago following a judgment of the Supreme Court, the apex court and the Jatiya Sangsad are still displaying the previous Constitution in their websites, creating a question, 'which constitution is now being adhered to?'

The Constitution was reprinted following a Supreme Court judgments declaring the 5th and the 7th Amendments illegal and a recommendation of Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque to do so.

HC stays EC gazette scrapping Alamgir’s JS membership

The High Court yesterday ( September 26) stayed for six months the Election Commission’s gazetted decision declaring vacant the parliament membership of Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir.

MK Alamgir, also a presidium member of the Awami League, was elected from the constituency no-260, Chandpur-1 to the 9th Parliament election on Awami League ticket.

Upon a writ petition filed by Alamgir, the High Court bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain also issued a rule upon the Election Commission to explain within three weeks as to why its special gazette notification vacating the seat of the petitioner should not be declared illegal and without lawful authority.

HC extends stay order on Alamgir JS membership

The High Court (HC) on Monday (March 14) extended its earlier order that stayed the Election Commission's decision declaring the parliamentary seat of Awami League leader Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir vacant.

This court on September 26 last year stayed for six months the EC's decision, and also issued a rule upon the EC to explain why its gazette notification vacating the parliamentary seat of Alamgir should not be declared illegal.

CJ not happy with quality of many verdicts

Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque yesterday (on March 5) expressed dissatisfaction over the standard of verdicts delivered by judges in different cases, saying those lack sufficient legal information and data.

The judges have to be studious to learn how to use the law points and legal grounds in their judgements to make those correct and credible, he observed.

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SC gets 1st woman judge, Three others too appointed, few HC judges to go on 'protest' leave

Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana

For the first time in the history of country's judiciary, a woman judge has been appointed to the Supreme Court (SC), along with three new judges.

The president elevated four senior High Court judges--Justice MA Wahhab Miah, Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice M Imman Ali--to the Appellate Division.

4 new judges sworn in, five HC judges took leave

The newly appointed four judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court were sworn in on Wednesday morning.

Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque administered oath to them at the judges' lounge of the apex court. They are: Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Muhammad Imman Ali.

7 HC judges apply for leave, 4 more SC judges appointed

The President on Tuesday appointed four judges to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, raising the number of the division judges at eight.

The newly appointed four judges are: Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Muhammad Imman Ali.

Following the appointment, the nation got for the first time an woman judge, Nazmun Ara Sultana, in the Appellate Division of the apex court. She was also first woman judge of the High Court Division.

Girl Whipped to Death: Body exhumed for fresh post- mortem, HC asks for a new team of experts

Teenaged Hena Akter's body was exhumed last night for a fresh post-mortem in compliance with a High Court order (delivered on February 7), following a media report that attempts are being made to suppress the actual cause of her death.

The Shariatpur deputy commissioner ordered the exhumation which was supervised by an executive magistrate, after Supreme Court Registrar M Ashraful Islam informed the Shariatpur district administration about the court directive during the day.

HC picks up the pace: Disposes of over 50,000 cases in 4 months as CJ initiates effective case management system

The High Court has disposed more than 50,000 cases over the last four months following the chief justice's initiative to speed up the disposal of cases.
The backlog of cases has now come down to 3.03 lakh from 3.55 lakh four months ago, shows a study report of the Supreme Court.

Constable files GD against HC judge

In an unprecedented action, Shahbag police recorded a general diary (GD) against a High Court judge.

A police constable, Md Harun-or-Rashid (No 5662), filed the GD (No 1445) against Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury for abusing him (constable) in public while performing traffic duty in front of Supreme Court on Thursday morning. 

Corporal punishment: Yes or no?

Quazi Faruque Ahmed
While our education sector is undergoing some visible changes -- positive and negative -- like implementation of the new education policy, distribution of free textbooks to school children at the beginning of the year, along with outburst of sexual harassment of girls studying in schools and colleges, the High Court has passed a historic order banning corporal punishment of students in educational institutions.

SC clears way for polls to 4 municipalities

The Supreme Court yesterday (January 24) cleared the way of holding elections to four municipalities of Cox's Bazar scheduled for January 27.