The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government not to proceed with the appointment of a financial adviser for state-owned Nagad Ltd at a time when a legal dispute over the company鈥檚 management is pending.
Thailand鈥檚 Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday the country鈥檚 most powerful and polarising politician Thaksin Shinawatra to be jailed for one year, ruling that he improperly served a 2023 prison term in hospital.
The Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin and Mir Mohammad Helaluddin of charges in separate graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected聽 the state鈥檚 appeal against the High Court verdict acquitting 48 accused, including BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court鈥檚 acquittal of BNP acting chair Tarique Rahman and 48 others in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases, effectively nullifying the lower court鈥檚 conviction of all 49 accused.
THE High Court verdict of September 2 that directed the government to establish a separate secretariat in the Supreme Court and to vest full disciplinary control over subordinate court judges in the apex court is a welcome development. The judgement came in response to a public interest litigation writ petition filed by a group of Supreme Court lawyers after the fall of...
The full bench of the Appellate Division on Wednesday cleared the way for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections, scheduled for September 9, by upholding its chamber judge鈥檚 earlier stay on a High Court order that had halted the polls...
The High Court on Tuesday ordered the government to establish a separate secretariat in the Supreme Court in three months after investing full disciplinary control over subordinate judges in the apex court.
The government has appointed High Court division registrar Mohammad Habibur Rahman Siddiquee as the new registrar general of the Supreme Court.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to appeal against its 2011 verdict that abolished the non-party caretaker government system...
The chief justice, Syed Refaat Ahmed, on Tuesday administered oath of offices of 25 newly appointed additional High Court judges...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Tuesday administered the oath of office to 25 newly appointed additional judges of the High Court Division, raising the total number of High Court judges to 113...
The Appellate Division on Thursday set September 4 to deliver its verdict on the government鈥檚 appeal against a High Court judgement that acquitted all 49 convicts in two cases filed over August 21, 2004 grenade attack on a rally of the...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday set August 26 to hear a review petition challenging its 2011 verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system...
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...
The United States Charg茅 d鈥橝ffaires in Dhaka, Tracey Ann Jacobson, on Thursday assured of extending all-out support to Bangladesh in enhancing the efficiency of the judiciary and ensuring its independence.
Jurists and political scientists on Sunday suggested options on how to implement the July National Charter, now being finalised, including seeking Supreme Court advice, holding a referendum, or formulating a legal framework order.
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 抖阴精品 reported on August 10. There were about 4.05 million cases, keeping to Supreme Court...
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday emphasised that the judiciary鈥檚 demand for an independent Supreme Court secretariat should not be read as a bid to grab power, but rather as part of a long-standing struggle for institutional parity with the executive and the legislature.
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 鈥� raising concerns about the pace and impact of ongoing judicial reforms.
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh held a special dialogue on Saturday to engage law students from public universities in ongoing judicial reform efforts...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday raised question about the legality of a second confessional statement made in the two August 2004 grenade attack cases, by Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami leader Mufti Abdul Hannan in 2007 who was already a death row prisoner when he gave it...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Mobarak Hossain, a death row convict in a war crimes case, overturning the 2014 International Crimes Tribunal-1 verdict...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily cleared the way for holding United Commercial Bank鈥檚 42nd annual general meeting to be held on Thursday, staying a High Court order that had earlier halted the event for three months.
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鈥檚 liberation war...
Two Supreme Court lawyers on Monday served a legal notice on the government and the Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, accusing them of conducting interviews for High Court judge candidates on a biased and selective basis...
A divided US Supreme Court gave president Donald Trump the green light on Monday to resume dismantling the Education Department...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police once again on Sunday banned public gatherings, rallies and demonstrations in areas surrounding the Supreme Court and the chief justice鈥檚 official residence in the capital...
The US Supreme Court blocked Florida on Wednesday from enforcing a law that would make it a crime for undocumented migrants to enter the southern state...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing the appeal of Mobarak Hossain, an expelled Awami League leader and a former Jamaat-e-Islami member, challenging his 2014 death sentence for war crimes committed in the Brahmanbaria area during the 1971 Liberation War...