Why withdrawal of an attempt-to-rape case against AL leader should not be illegal: HC

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule upon the government to explain why withdrawal of an attempt-to-rape case, filed against ruling Awami League lawmaker Kamal Ahmed Mazumder and others, should not be cancelled.

The rule is returnable within four weeks.

 Both pro- and anti-government lawyers of the Supreme Court have declared programmes and counter programmes over the chief justice's court.
The pro-opposition lawyers announced on Wednesday that they would boycott the chief justice's court on Thursday from 9am to 10am.

JUDICIARY GRAFT: Probe harassment allegations: CJ

The chief justice has asked the committee, formed to investigate corruption in the judiciary, to look into allegations why petitioners were harassed after getting bails.

A B M Khairul Haque sent a letter in this regard to the committee chairman, Surendra Kumar Sinha, on Wednesday, three days after it was formed.

SCBA faction to boycott court of CJ

The pro-BNP group of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will boycott the Chief Justice's court today (January 27) from 9 am to 10 am protesting his reported interference in cause lists and court's files and his remarks on lawyers.

The lawyers will stage a sit-in programme during the one-hour boycott in front of the CJ’s courtroom.

HC orders Maj gen shishu's production to court

The High Court yesterday (January 26) directed the government to explain why formation of the military Tribunal that in 1976 had tried Hasanul Haq Inu, Rabiul Alam and others would not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.

The government was also asked to answer why the sentence given by the Tribunal against them would not be declared illegal. 

HC ask to enact victim, witness protection act

The High Court yesterday (January 26) ruled that the term 'sexual harassment' would be used instead of 'eve teasing' from now saying that importance of the crimes lessens at the term eve teasing.

Declaring 'stalking' against girls and women illegal, the HC asked the government to define its meaning in view of the current context, said concerned lawyer.

Corporal punishment and kids' development

Quazi Faruque Ahmed

While our education sector is undergoing some visible changes in both affirmative and negative terms, like commencement of new education policy implementation, distribution of free textbooks to school going children at the beginning of the new year, along with outburst of sexual harassment of girls studying in schools and colleges, a historical order passed by the High Court banning corporal punishment of' students in educational institutions. 

 

The High Court judgment simultaneously declared corporal punishment unconstitutional and violation of human rights, while disposing writ petition filed by Ain-o-Salish Kendra and Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust. This verdict of the High Court is expected to expedite change in the traditional approach to children in regard to their education and mode of teaching. The government has been asked to constitute an independent national commission to ensure an end to the bad practice as well.

HC summons 5 over construction near Mahasthangarh

The High Court on Sunday summoned two Bogra local leaders of the ruling Awami League and three others on charges of constructing a road near Mahasthangarh historical place despite a HC order.


A bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain directed them to appear before the court on January 30 for their statements in connection with the construction.

Local AL leaders are Khokon Sarkar and Sabuj Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Shibganj Police Station, curator and president of Mahasthangarh Mazar Unnayan Committee.

HC stayed construction at Amoligola ground

The High Court has stayed for three months construction on Lalbagh's Amoligola ground, once used as a children's park.

The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain issued the order in response to a petition filed by a local, Reaz Uddin, on Sunday.

AL lawyers protest CJ role

The pro-Awami League lawyers yesterday (January 23) expressed angry over the role of Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque for introducing new High Court Division management system in disposing of cases.

At a meeting of Awami Ainjibi Samannay Parishad at the auditorium of Bangladesh Bar Council, the lawyers criticised  the role of the CJ in introducing sector-wise Writ bench of the HC Division and selecting particular petitions at his residence and putting those in the cause list for hearing.

BJSA for punishment of TIB officials

A lawyer's organisation has demanded exemplary punishment of the officials of Transparency International, Bangladesh for their unreliable and false report on corruption in judiciary.
A statement by Bangladesh Judicial Service Association on Sunday said the TIB report had tarnished the image of the country's apex court judges.

5-judge body to probe graft in judiciary

Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque on Sunday set up a five-judge probe committee to find out corrupt people in the judiciary, aiming to remove harassment of people.


Justice SK Sinha, a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, will lead the team.

The other four judges are from the High Court Division of the apex court. They included Justice Md Anwarul Haque, Justice AKM Fazlur Rahman, Justice Mayeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Hasan Faiz Siddiqui.

HC directive ignored: 587 Bangladeshis in Indian jails after serving sentence

A total of 587 Bangladeshi citizens are languishing in Indian jails even after ending their jail terms. They are yet to be brought back to the country, ignoring the High Court order that directed the government to do so.

Informed sources say, around 2,5000 Bangladeshi citizens are detained in Indian jails on different charges. Of them, about 587 completed their jail terms, according to sources. Following a public interest litigation, a bench of the High Court Division on November 1 directed the government to take effective measures to bring back the 587 Bangladesh citizens from Indian jails and to inform the court within 30 days what steps it has taken to bring them back.

বিচারকদের অপসারণে সংসদের ক্ষমতা রাখার পরামর্শ সুরঞ্জিতের

বিচারকদের অপসারণ ও জবাবদিহিতা নিশ্চিত করতে ৯৬ অনুচ্ছেদ পুনঃস্থাপন করে সংবিধান সংশোধনের পরামর্শ দিয়েছেন আইন মন্ত্রণালয় সম্পর্কিত সংসদীয় স্থায়ী কমিটির সভাপতি ও সংবিধান সংশোধন কমিটির কো-চেয়ারম্যান সুরঞ্জিত সেন গুপ্ত। শুক্রবার দুপুরে রাজধানীতে নিজ বাসভবনে এক সংবাদ সম্মেলনে তিনি এ পরামর্শ দেন।

SC lawyers protest sectorwise benches

The new High Court Division management system introduced by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque in disposing of the cases has led to severe unrest, agitation and anxiety among the lawyers belonging to both pro-government and pro-opposition groups.

The reconstituted HC Division with specific sector-wise jurisdiction has made the judicial procedures more complicated, impeding quick disposal of cases, further increasing the backlog and hampering the dispensation of justice at the apex court, said the SC lawyers.