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AD hears on review of caretaker govt verdict

The Appellate Division on Thursday began hearing a review petition challenging its 2011 verdict that annulled the constitutional provision for a non-party caretaker government, a system once credited with ensuring neutral national elections in Bangladesh...

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Victims, families look to SC for justice

Survivors and families of the victims of the August 21, 2004 grenade attacks look to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking justice 21 years after the attack on a rally of the then opposition Awami League in Dhaka...

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Discharge of HC rule by AD judicial anarchy: SC

In a strongly worded full verdict, the Appellate Division has observed that if it discharges a rule issued by the High Court under article 102 of the constitution the decision amounts to ‘judicial anarchy’ and is unconstitutional and void from the outset...

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Growing case backlog warrants early, effective intervention

THE number of cases pending with the courts has reached a little more than 4.33 million as of March. Subordinate courts have about 3.69 million cases pending, the High Court Division of the Supreme Court 599,000 cases pending and the Appellate Division 34,926 cases, as ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· reported on August 10. There were about 4.05 million cases, keeping to Supreme Court...

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Courts burdened with 43 lakh pending cases

The backlog of cases in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh continues to grow, with data showing a steady increase in pending matters across both the High Court and Appellate Division — raising concerns about the pace and impact of ongoing judicial reforms.

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SC upholds selection grade for bench readers, officers

The Appellate Division has dismissed a government appeal challenging the entitlement of bench readers and bench officers to selection grade benefits, upholding earlier decisions of the High Court Division.

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SC verdict on Mobarak’s appeal set for July 30

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday set July 30 to deliver its verdict on the appeal filed by Mobarak Hossain, a former Jamaat-e-Islami member and an expelled Awami League leader, challenging his death sentence for committing war crimes during the country’s liberation war...

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SC gets two chamber judge courts

Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday nominated justice Md Rezaul Haque as judge-in-chamber-1 and justice Farah Mahbub as judge-in-chamber-2, forming two chamber judge courts to dispose of emergency matters at the Appellate Division...

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Parties seek safeguard from emergency-time rights abuse

Political parties at the National Consensus Commission’s dialogue session on Thursday recommended replacing the term ‘internal disturbance’ with ‘security threats to the state’s sovereignty and territorial integrity’ in the constitution’s article 141A that relates to the proclamation of emergency...

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SC stays AL-era judicial disciplinary rules

The Appellate Division on Sunday stayed its March 1, 2018 order that upheld the Bangladesh Judicial Service (Disciplinary) Rules 2017, framed during the Awami League regime...

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Azhar’s death sentence overturned

The Appellate Division on Tuesday overturned its 2019 judgement that had upheld the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the 1971 liberation war...

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EZ products not exempted from VAT, rules AD

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that products, including edible oil, sugar, cement, and iron, manufactured in the country’s economic zones are not exempted from value-added tax, overturning a High Court verdict that had declared such taxation illegal...

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SC quashes graft proceedings against Mirza Abbas

The Appellate Division on Wednesday quashed the corruption proceedings against former housing and public works minister and senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Mirza Abbas over alleged irregularities in allocating government land for a journalists’ cooperative society in Mirpur...

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EX-ISKCON LEADER CHINMOY’S BAIL: SC withdraws stay on HC bail

The Appellate Division’s chamber judge on Wednesday withdrew an order that stayed the High Court’s bail granted to former International Society for Krishna Consciousness leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case over alleged desecration of the national flag...

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SC to hear state plea against Aug 21 grenade attack judgment Sunday

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is likely to hold hearing on a leave to appeal petition filed by the state against the High Court judgment that acquitted all the people convicted by the lower court in murder and the Explosives Substances Act cases filed over the 2004 grenade attack on Awami League rally at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka, on May 4.

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SC quashes money laundering proceedings against Professor Yunus

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday scrapped all proceedings in the money laundering case against Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and seven others, bringing an end to a contentious legal battle that had drawn national and international attention for two years...

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SC full bench to hear Azhar’s petition on May 6

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday set May 6 for the hearing on a petition filed by condemned war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam seeking a review of the court’s earlier decision upholding his death sentence.

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32,000 cases pending with AD

Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has constituted two more benches in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in an effort to ease the growing backlog of pending cases.

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SC adjourns hearing on FF age till Mar 12

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till March 12 its hearing on an appeal challenging the High Court judgment that declared illegal the government circulars and gazette notifications regarding minimum age of freedom fighters...

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SC clears way for 11 independent directors to join three Beximco companies

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order that had halted the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s directive to appoint 11 independent directors to three financially troubled companies of the Beximco Group, where detained businessman Salman F Rahman is a shareholder...

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No bar on demolition of structures in Karnaphuli

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court directive to remove illegal structures built by Bangladesh Jatiya Matsyajibi Samity Ltd inside the boundary of the Karnaphuli River, clearing the way for long-delayed action against encroachment on one of the country’s most vital waterways...