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No scope for govt not to save Dhaleshwari from pollution

THE High Court’s recent directive to restore the River Dhaleshwari and hold encroachers and polluters accountable is a welcome step. The river is under severe threat from unchecked encroachment and industrial pollution. The High Court directed the National River Conservation Commission, the deputy commissioner of Dhaka and the Inland Water Transport Authority...

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HC restores SC control over lower judiciary

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.

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HC judge resigns amid SJC probe

High Court judge Md Akhtaruzzaman has tendered his resignation to the president, Mohammad Shahabuddin, amid a Supreme Judicial Council inquiry into his alleged misconduct.

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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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HC summons Sylhet officials

The High Court on Sunday ordered the Sylhet divisional commissioner and the district’s deputy commissioner to personally appear before the court and explain their positions on the stone extraction from the protected areas...

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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...

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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 ‘judicial anarchy’ and is unconstitutional and void from the outset...

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Time for Dhaka to boldly take up India’s border ploys with Delhi

DELHI’S border ploys, which have been evident in the murder of Bangladeshis at the hand of India’s Border Security Force that have continued apace for years, appear to be taking an added dimension. Whilst a series of events of erecting barbed-wire and electric fences along the frontiers began with the direct involvement of Indian border guards in the final days of December...

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HC seeks Bholaganj stone looters’ 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’s Companiganj upazila and submit it within 60 days...

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HC defers ex-CJ Khairul’s bail hearing to Aug 17 amid chaos

The High Court on Monday deferred the hearing on former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque’s 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.

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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...

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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 ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· reported on August 10. There were about 4.05 million cases, keeping to Supreme Court...

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Judiciary’s call for independence no bid for hegemony: CJ

Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday emphasised that the judiciary’s 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.

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HC verdict in jony’s 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...

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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...

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Gumti must be freed in 6 months: HC

The High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to demolish all illegal structures built in the Gumti River within the next six months...

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HC questions govt move to hand over terminal to foreign firm

The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to explain in four weeks why the Chattogram Port Authority’s move to award the operation of the New Mooring Container Terminal to a foreign company without competitive bidding should not be declared illegal...

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UK, Bangladesh working to boost trade: Sarah Cooke

British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Monday said that the United Kingdom was working with Bangladesh to unlock new trade opportunities, support business-friendly reforms and connect UK buyers with high-quality Bangladeshi products...