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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...

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AD stays anticipatory bail to SK Sur's wife, daughter

The Appellate Division on Monday stayed the anticipatory bail granted by the High Court to Suparna Sur Chowdhury, wife of former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury, and their daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for failing to submit an asset statement within the stipulated time...

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SC sets Feb 25 for review hearing of death row Jamaat leader Azharul Islam

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has scheduled February 25 for the hearing of a review petition filed by death row convict ATM Azharul Islam, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, challenging his death sentence for crimes against humanity committed during the War of Independence in 1971...

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SC orders recruitment of 1,134 BCS candidates after 18 years

The Appellate Division on Thursday ordered the reinstatement of candidates who were disqualified in a controversial second round of interviews for the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service recruitment process in 2005, conducted under the army-backed caretaker government...

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SC clears way for 3,173 instructors to join work

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted a High Court stay on the recruitment of 3,173 junior instructors (technical) and physical education instructors under the Technical and Madrassah Education Division of the Ministry of Education, paving the way for their appointments....

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2010 FREQUENCY CANCELLATION: SC allows Channel One to seek appeal

The Appellate Division on Thursday permitted One Entertainment Company, the parent company of private broadcaster Channel One, to seek permission to appeal against a 2010 High Court verdict that upheld the cancellation of its broadcasting frequency by the then Awami League government...