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Proposal to increase retirement age of judges to 70
Judicial reform commission recommended increasing the retirement age for chief justice and Supreme Court judges to 70, raising 3 additional years. Besides, the minimum age for the appointment of additional judges to the High Court has been set at 48 years. The report of the judicial reforms...
HC publishes verdict of sedition case against Tarique
The High Court has published the verdict of a sedition case against BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and three others. The bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain published the 11-page verdict on Tuesday. On October 31, last year, the High Court dismissed a sedition...
US rejects clemency, Pakistan seeks legal action for Aafia Siddiqui
The US government has rejected a clemency petition for the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist imprisoned in the United States, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was told on Friday, reports DAWN. This disclosure came during the hearing of a petition filed by Dr. Siddiquis...
HC bench initiates paper free proceedings from Sunday
Opening a new chapter in countrys judicial history, a High Court bench is all set to begin paper free judicial proceedings from Jan 5. The bench, designated for looking into the matters related to company law, was scheduled to start the process from Jan 2, but it delayed as all activities of the...
Hassan Ariff’s 2nd namaj-e-janaza held
The second namaz-e-janaza of adviser to interim government adviser AF Hassan Ariff was held on the High Court premises on Saturday morning. Arrif, who was adviser to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism and the Ministry of Land, passed away at a hospital in the capital on Friday at the age...
HC issues rule on posting of exempted 311 sub-inspectors at Sarda
The High Court has ordered the immediate resolution of a review petition filed with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) regarding the post-training placement of 311 sub-inspectors (SI) dismissed for indiscipline at the Sarda Police Academy in Rajshahi. In addition, the Court has issued a rule...
High Court voids 15th amendment, restores caretaker government system
The High Court has declared the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished the caretaker government system, invalid. A bench consisting of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury delivered the verdict at 10:52 AM on Tuesday. In its ruling, the court stated that the...
Top court stays bail of ex-state minister Mahbub Ali
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed the High Courts order granting bail to former state minister for aviation, Mahbub Ali, in connection with the murder of one Siam under Dhakas Mirpur police station, reports Dhaka Tribune. A three-member bench of the Appellate Division, led...
HC rules on investigation into $5 billion embezzlement at Rooppur NPP
The High Court of Bangladesh on Sunday has issued a ruling questioning the Anti-Corruption Commissions (ACC) failure to investigate allegations of embezzlement involving $5 billion (Tk 60,000 crore) from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project. The ruling, delivered by Justice Fahmida Quader and...
‘Commission formation on BDR mutiny ‘not possible’ for now’
The Home Ministry has informed the High Court that the government has withdrawn its decision to form a commission to investigate the BDR mutiny and related issues. The ministry said the government has made the decision as two of the related cases are under trial. Deputy attorney-general Tanim...
SC stays HC verdict declaring “Joy Bangla” as national slogan
The Appellate Division imposed a stay on the High Courts ruling that declared Joy Bangla as the national slogan. A four-judge appellate bench led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed gave the order on Tuesday after hearing the states petition in this regard. Earlier, the state had filed a...
Shomi Kaiser gets bail
The High Court has granted bail to actress and former president of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB), Shomi Kaiser, in a case related to the attempted murder of businessman Ishtiaq Mahmud. The High Court bench, consisting of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain,...
Ex-Teknaf OC Pradeep's wife granted bail by HC
The High Court has granted bail to Chumki Karan, wife of dismissed Teknaf Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Pradeep Kumar Das, who was convicted in an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case. The bench, comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain, issued the bail order on...
HC to deliver verdict on 15th Amendment on Dec 17
The High Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on December 17 regarding two separate writ petitions challenging the constitutionality of the 15th Amendment of the Constitution, which abolished the non-party caretaker government system and made significant changes to the charter. The HC bench...
DNA test confirms Harris Chowdhury's identity, not Mahmudur Rahman
A DNA test on the remains from a grave has confirmed that the body buried under the name Mahmudur Rahman is indeed that of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Abul Harris Chowdhury. This confirmation allows his family to proceed with his reburial, in accordance with their wishes. The High...
Petition seeks ban on Indian TV channels in Bangladesh
A petition has been filed in the High Court seeking the suspension of all Indian television channels broadcasts within Bangladesh, reports UNB. Supreme Court lawyer Ekhlas Uddin Bhuiyan submitted the petition on Monday, naming the Information Secretary, Home Secretary, and the Bangladesh...
August 15 National Mourning Day’s holiday postponed
The Appellate Division has stayed the High Courts verdict declaring August 15 as a public holiday for National Mourning. The decision was made by the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, on Sunday. Additional Attorney General Barrister Aneek R. Haque confirmed the...
High Court to deliver verdict in August 21 grenade attack case on Sunday
The High Court has scheduled Sunday for delivering its verdict on the appeal and death reference in the highly anticipated August 21 grenade attack case. The case is listed as item number 54 on the agenda for tomorrows session, with the High Court bench, led by Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and...
HC cancels defamation case against Mosharraf
The High Court on Wednesday cancelled a defamation case against BNP standing committee member former minister Dr Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, reports BSS. A High Court bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain on Wednesday cancelled the case after hearing a petition...
HC wants to know government’s move on ISKCON
The High Court on Wednesday wanted to know detailed information about International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). It asked the attorney general Md Asaduzzaman to inform the court by Thursday the about ISKCONs genre as an organization, registration, people associated with it, and...
HC rejects Matiur Rahman's petition to travel abroad amid ‘goat scandal’ investigation
The High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by Matiur Rahman, former member of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and president of the VAT Appeal Tribunal, seeking permission to travel abroad. Rahmans request was linked to the ongoing investigation into the goat scandal, in which...