22,000 cases pending with labour courts
The wait for justice for hundreds of workers is getting ever longer, as the labour courts and the labour appellate tribunal are struggling to deal with a backlog of around 22,000 cases...
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EX-ISKCON LEADER CHINMOY鈥橲 BAIL: SC withdraws stay on HC bail
The Appellate Division鈥檚 chamber judge on Wednesday withdrew an order that stayed the High Court鈥檚 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...
HC grants bail to ex-ISKCON leader Chinmoy in sedition case
The High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case filed over allegedly showing disrespect to the national flag...
HC sets May 8 to deliver verdict in Ramna Batamul bombing cases
The High Court on Wednesday set May 8 to deliver its judgment on the death references, appeals and jail appeals of the convicts in the Ramna Batamul bombing cases filed over two decades ago...
HC orders list of Mogra encroachers, polluters
The High Court ordered to demarcate the Mogra river in Netrakona according to its main flow, prepare list of encroachers, polluters of the river and take action to evict them.
Palestinian official tells ICJ Israel using aid blockage as 鈥榳eapon of war鈥�
A top Palestinian official told the International Court of Justice Monday that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza as a 鈥榳eapon of war鈥�, at the start of a week of hearings at the UN鈥檚 top court.
HC disposes of petition against SC judge appointment council
The High Court on Monday disposed of a writ petition that challenged the legality of the Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, formed by the interim government to recommend appointments of Supreme Court judges.
HC orders action against recruiters
The High Court on Sunday directed the government to take action by August 27 against recruiters who failed to send 17,000 Malaysia-bound aspirant migrants, despite receiving payments from them months before the Awami League regime鈥檚 ouster amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5, 2024...
HC issues rule to prevent air pollution in Dhaka
The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain as to why it should not issue order to take action to prevent air pollution in Dhaka...
HC orders expert committe to investigate online gambling
The High Court on Sunday directed the government and law enforcing agencies to form a seven-member committee to investigate the operation of online gambling platforms, identify the platforms, and the persons and celebrities involved in the platforms.
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.
Eid-ul-Azha main congregation to be held at Jatiya Eidgah
The main congregation of Eid-ul-Azha will be held at the Jatiya Eidgah on the premises of the Supreme Court at 7:30am...
Legal notice served to stop spreading vulgarity online
A legal notice has been sent to authorities concerned demanding an immediate halt to the spread of indecent and pornographic contents, advertisements and campaigns across online platforms including Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Likee.
Separate judicial secretariat will end dual administration, lawyer tells HC
At least 15 lower court judges, currently under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission for alleged corruption during the Awami League regime, may have been involved in a network of transfer and posting syndicates with links to the...
362 acres of land, $61.39 lakh investment of Kazi Nabil family seized
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to attach 362.43 acres of land, seven flats and a couple of houses in Dhaka owned by former Jashore-3 lawmaker and Gemcon Group owner Kazi Nabil Ahmed and his family members...
HC begins hearing death reference, appeals
The High Court on Wednesday began hearing the death reference and appeals filed by eight convicts in the murder case of retired Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan, who was shot dead at a police checkpoint in Cox鈥檚 Bazar in 2020...
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...
SAGAR-RUNI MURDER:聽HC asks PBI to complete probe in six months
The High Court on Tuesday allowed the Police Bureau of Investigation an additional six months to complete its investigation into the 2012 murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi.
SC full bench to hear Azhar鈥檚 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鈥檚 earlier decision upholding his death sentence.
HC seeks list of prisoners pardoned by president
The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the list of the convicts whose imprisonment or punishment had been commuted or suspended by the president under section 49 of the constitution over the past 33 years should not be published...
Apex court to resume regular judicial proceedings on Sunday
The Supreme Court, the apex court of the country, will resume its judicial activities on Sunday after a month-long vacation, including the holidays of Eid-ul-Fitr.
UK top court rules definition of 鈥榓 woman鈥� based on sex at birth
Britain鈥檚 Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the legal definition of a 鈥榳oman鈥� is based on a person鈥檚 sex at birth, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for the bitter debate over trans rights...
Two staff remanded for beating woman at Dhaka coffee shop
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Tuesday allowed the police to take the manager and a staff of Apon Coffee House in the capital鈥檚 Khilgaon area in custody for one day for interrogation in a case allegedly for beating a woman at the coffee shop on April 11...
High Court questions 30-day detention of Meghna Alam
The High Court on Sunday ordered the government and the police to justify within four weeks the 30-day detention of model and 2020 Miss Bangladesh Foundation chairperson Meghna Alam, citing insufficient clarity regarding the grounds...
Prince Harry in court to challenge 鈥榰njustified鈥� UK security downgrade
Prince Harry鈥檚 lawyer told a UK appeal court on Tuesday that paring back the royal鈥檚 personal security during his visits to Britain was 鈥榰njustified鈥�...
11 jailed over Sonali Bank loan scam
A Dhaka court on Monday convicted and sentenced 11 individuals to different terms of jail in a case lodged over embezzlement of Sonali Bank money through loan forgery...
Court freezes ex-PSC driver Abed Ali鈥檚 13 bank accounts
A Dhaka court on Monday ordered to freeze 13 bank accounts of Syed Abed Ali, a former driver for the chairman of Public Service Commission, seize a car and attach two flats and a building on 8.88 bigha plot...
Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum SC unit formed
The Supreme Court unit of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, a platform for pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawyers, has been formed with Bodruddoza Badal as convener and Gazi Tauhidul Islam as member secretary...
Court orders police to show 鈥楥hhoto Sajjad鈥� arrested
A Chattogram court on Sunday asked the police to officially show listed crime suspect Sajjad Hossain, also known as Chhoto Sajjad, arrested in a double murder case involving a car chase in the city...
Two new SC judges meet president
Two newly-appointed justices of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub, have paid a courtesy call on the president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, at Bangabhaban....