CJ administers oath to 25 new additional HC 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...
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Court accepts charge sheet against Chinmoy among 39
A Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate court on Monday accepted the charge sheet against 39 people, including former ISKCON organiser Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in the case over the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif...
Fix, publish prices of essential drugs, HC asks govt
The High Court on Monday directed the government to set and publish the minimum prices of lifesaving medicines.
HC summons Sylhet officials
The High Court on Sunday ordered the Sylhet divisional commissioner and the district鈥檚 deputy commissioner to personally appear before the court and explain their positions on the stone extraction from the protected areas...
HC asks govt to declare UN report historical document
The High Court on Thursday directed the government to declare the UN fact-finding report on human rights violations during the July 2024 mass uprising a historical document...
AUG 21 GRENADE ATTACK:聽AD verdict in govt appeal against acquittal on Sept 4
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...
SC to hear verdict review on caretaker govt system on Aug 26
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...
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...
Switzerland, Austria say would host ICC-wanted Putin for peace talks
Switzerland and Austria said Tuesday that they would host Russian president Vladimir Putin if he came for talks on peace in Ukraine, despite the International Criminal Court鈥檚 arrest warrant...
SC asks ex-Jatrabari SI to surrender in July uprising murder case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered former Jatrabari police sub-inspector Sazzad Uz Zaman to surrender before the trial court in connection with a murder case linked to the 2024 July鈥揂ugust mass uprising...
HC defers hearing plea to quash ex-CJ Khairul proceedings
The High Court on Sunday deferred until October 29 the hearing of a petition filed by former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque to quash the proceedings related to him in a murder case linked to the July 2024 uprising...
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 鈥榡udicial anarchy鈥� and is unconstitutional and void from the outset...
US court allows Trump firings at bank regulator
A US appeals court cleared the way Friday for president Donald Trump鈥檚 administration to implement mass firings at a bank regulator set up after the 2008 financial crisis...
Court halts TotalEnergies鈥� S African oil exploration
A South African court has refused environmental authorisation for offshore drilling in a venture led by French energy giant TotalEnergies near the foot of Africa, in a ruling seen by AFP Thursday...
Sedition charge pressed against Hasina, 285 others
The Criminal Investigation Department of the police on Thursday submitted a charge sheet against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others in a sedition case filed with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in March this year...
US to support Bangladesh to enhance efficiency of judiciary
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.
HC seeks Bholaganj stone looters鈥� list
The High Court on Thursday directed the authorities to prepare a list of individuals involved in looting white stones from the Bholaganj stone quarry in Sylhet鈥檚 Companiganj upazila and submit it within 60 days...
Thai court to rule this month on case seeking PM鈥檚 dismissal
Thailand鈥檚 Constitutional Court announced Wednesday that it will rule this month on a case seeking to oust prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over her handling of a diplomatic spat with Cambodia...
3 plaintiffs testify against Hasina, Sajeeb, Saima
The Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 on Monday recorded the depositions of the plaintiffs of three corruption cases against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and several other...
HC defers ex-CJ Khairul鈥檚 bail hearing to Aug 17 amid chaos
The High Court on Monday deferred the hearing on former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque鈥檚 bail petition and plea to quash a murder case against him to August 17, following chaos in the courtroom between pro-Awami League lawyers and government law officers.
HC grants Shomi Kaiser bail in another July uprising case
The High Court on Monday granted interim bail to actress and former e-Commerce Association president Shomi Kaiser in the last case she faces over the violence perpetrated during the July uprising...
SI Zahid鈥檚 life term upheld, Rashedul鈥檚 life sentence commuted
The High Court on Monday upheld the life sentence of then sub-inspector Zahidur Rahman Khan in the case over unlawful arrest, torture, and death of Ishtiaque Ahmed Jony, an Urdu-speaking youth, who died in police custody at the Pallabi police station in 2014.
HC begins delivering verdict
The High Court on Sunday began delivering its verdict in a landmark custodial death case involving the killing of Urdu-speaking youth Ishtiaque Ahmed Jony who died in police custody at Pallabi police station in 2014...
Reference to SC, referendum, legal framework suggested for July Charter implementation
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.
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 抖阴精品 reported on August 10. There were about 4.05 million cases, keeping to Supreme Court...
Judiciary鈥檚 call for independence no bid for hegemony: CJ
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.
HC verdict in jony鈥檚 custodial death today
The High Court is scheduled for today to deliver verdict in the appeal filed by three convicted police personnel against a lower court judgement that jailed them for life for the custodial death of car driver Ishtiaq Hossain Jony in 2014...
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 鈥� raising concerns about the pace and impact of ongoing judicial reforms.
HC quashes ICT case against Shahidul Alam
The High Court on Thursday quashed the long-pending case filed under widely criticised section 57 of the now-repealed Information and Communication Technology Act 2006 against acclaimed photographer and activist Shahidul Alam...
HC acquits ex-JL leader GK Shamim in money laundering case
The High Court on Thursday acquitted expelled Juba League leader Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim in the money laundering case...