Law enforcers should protect rights, life: HC
The High Court on Sunday made seven observations stating that law enforcers should protect human lives and human rights while dealing with protests...
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Courts in Bangladesh to remain closed indefinitely
All the proceedings of the Appellate Division and High Court Division of the Supreme Court will remain closed for an indefinite period starting Monday.
Juvenile court rejects bail of 17-year-old student Faiyaz
A Dhaka juvenile court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Dhaka College student Hasnatul Islam Faiyaz in a case filed over the killing of a police constable during violence centring on the quota reform movement in Jatrabari area on July 19...
Another commission sought over deaths of 4 children
A writ petition was filed on Wednesday seeking a High Court directive on the government to form a judicial inquiry commission to find out the cause of deaths of four children during the student quota reform movement...
HC hearing postponed
A two-judge High Court bench on Wednesday could not hold the scheduled hearing of a writ petition that sought the release of six coordinators of the quota reform movement from the custody of the detective branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police...
Writ petition seeks judicial inquiry into deaths of 4 children inside their homes
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Wednesday seeking its directive to identity those responsible for the deaths of four children inside their homes during the recent unrest and to form a judicial probe commission in this connection.
Legal process must be followed: HC聽
The High Court said on Tuesday that law enforcement agency members cannot keep a citizen in their custody for long without producing an arrested person in court or taking them...
Crisis over Lanka IGP sets dangerous precedent
THE inspector general of police Deshabandu Tennakoon finds himself at the centre of a controversy that goes to the heart of Sri Lanka鈥檚 democracy. The Supreme Court has directed that he should be restrained from acting in the position of head of police until the court has fully considered all the petitions submitted against his appointment...
鈥榃e鈥檙e ashamed of the violence, deaths鈥�, says HC
The High Court on Tuesday expressed deep shame over the deaths that occurred during the quota reform protests and called every death a tragedy.
HC asks ACC to take action, report it on Nov 5聽
The High Court on Monday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to take action against former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and the members of his family after...
Stop mockery of nation: HC
The High Court on Monday called 鈥榓 mockery with the nation鈥� the act of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch chief鈥檚 taking meal with six confined coordinators of the Students Movement Against...
Writ filed seeking HC order not to shoot at protesters anywhere in Bangladesh
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking its directive to the law enforcement agencies not to shoot at protesters from today and release of six quota coordinators from the custody of Detective Branch of police...
HC asks DG health service to stop corruption in health sector聽
The High Court on Sunday severely criticised the Directorate General of Health Services for alleged corruption in the health sector.
HC asks ACC to dispose of plea for probe聽聽
The High Court on Sunday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission鈥檚 chairman to dispose of an application that sought probe into reported Tk 2,770 crore property of former land minister...
HC seeks report on embezzlement of Tk 100cr
The High Court on Sunday ordered the authorities concerned to investigate the allegations of embezzlement of more than Tk 100 crore of the clients of Homeland Life Insurance Company Limited and submit a report on August 27...
Contempt of court rule issued against lawyer Mohsin, journalist Kanak
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday issued contempt of court notices against lawyer Mohammad Mohsin Rashid and expatriate journalist Kanak Sarwar for making objectionable comments about the judiciary, Supreme Court and International Criminal Tribunal...
Court guidelines left in lurch in arrest, detention and remand
THE breach of Supreme Court guidelines in the wholesale arrest of citizens suspected of being involved in the violence born out of the student protests that have sought reforms in civil service job reservations is unacceptable. While it is worrying that law enforcement agencies keep largely ignoring the Appellate Division鈥檚 10-point guidelines of May 2016...
SC guidelines largely ignored in wholesale arrests, remand
Law enforcement agencies are largely ignoring the Supreme Court guidelines while making blanket arrests of citizens on suspicion of their involvement in violence during the recent student protests...
ICJ ruling on Israeli settlements
THE International Court of Justice has again deliberated over the thorn-bloodied subject of Israeli-Palestinian relations. Its latest advisory opinion, sought by the UN General Assembly early last year, was unremarkably conventional though nonetheless affirming: a finding that Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem...
Govt urged to stop arrests of opposition leaders, activists
A faction of the Supreme Court Bar Association on Thursday urged the government to stop arresting and harassing opposition leaders and activists without first identifying the perpetrators, responsible for the destruction of state properties during the student quota reform movement...
SC, lower courts to remain closed today
The Supreme Court and its subordinate courts would remain closed on Tuesday as the government announced the day, the fourth day of curfew, as general holiday, according to a SC release...
Notification to be issued anytime, says minister
A notification on the order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court over quota reform is likely to be issued today or tomorrow, public administration minister Farhad Hossain said on Monday...
Hearing of Niko graft case against Khaleda adjourned till Aug 20
A Dhaka Special Judge Court adjourned the hearing of the Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and seven others, till August 20...
HC rejects Prof Yunus鈥� plea for cancelling embezzlement charge
The High Court on Wednesday summarily rejected a petition filed by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and six of his Grameen Telecom colleagues for cancellation of embezzlement and money laundering charges against them...
Killings and repression must stop
ON JUNE 5, a High Court bench declared illegal a government circular issued in 2018, which abolished the 30 per cent quota for the dependents of the freedom fighters. In protest, students from all institutions 鈥� schools to universities 鈥� started a non-violent movement, which was made violent by the attack on the protesters by the Chhatra League and the police...
SC sets 7pc quota in govt job amid protests
The Appellate Division on Sunday scrapped the High Court verdict on quota in government job and ordered a 7 per cent quota 鈥� 5 per cent for the children of freedom fighters, 1 per cent for national minorities, and 1 per cent for people with disabilities and third genders...
Govt to issue gazette notification on quota Tuesday: LM
Law minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday that the government would issue a gazette notification on Tuesday regarding the quota in government jobs following the verdict delivered by the Supreme Court...
Govt had better take action on all issues protesters talk of
THE Appellate Division has revoked the High Court verdict of June 5 that ordered the government to reinstate 30 per cent of civil service job reservations for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters. The appeals court in its verdict after hearing two petitions on July 21 brought down the civil service job reservations...
The wound will cast a long, indelible shadow
THE Appellate Division coming to revoke the July 5 High Court verdict that asked the government to reinstate 30 per cent quotas in government jobs for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters, sparking massive student protests, does not, and will not, heal the wounds that have been inflicted on the nation since July 15...