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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The High Court on Thursday quashed the long-pending case filed under widely criticised section 57 of the now-repealed Information and Communication Technology Act 2006 against acclaimed photographer and activist Shahidul Alam...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...

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HC orders probe into arrest of nine children over Gopalganj violence

The High Court on Sunday directed the government to form a committee to investigate the arrest of nine individuals alleged to be children in violation of the Children Act, 2013 following the political violence in Gopalganj on July 16, which left five people killed...

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HC bans risky flights over populated areas

The High Court on Tuesday directed the government to form a high-powered technical committee within seven days to investigate the Monday crash of the Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft into a building of a school and college in the capital’s Uttara area and identify the defects of the training aircraft...

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Why Thakurgaon airport won’t be reopened: HC

The High Court on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why Thakurgaon airport, shut down for the last 44 years, should not be reopened in public interest and in the interest of economic development and tourism...

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SJAC to hold viva voce for aspiring HC judges on Jul 18, 19

The Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, led by chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, has scheduled July 18-19 to conduct viva voce interviews of at least 60 shortlisted candidates for the posts of additional High Court judges.

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A writ petition symptomatic of political sycophancy

THE High Court on July 17 issued a rule that has asked the government to explain why the chief adviser Muhammad Yunus should not be declared a ‘national reformer’, considering his contribution to state reforms. The court has issued the rule on a public interest litigation writ petition filed in May by a journalist, who is a resident of Belkuchi in Sirajganj...

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MITFORD MURDER: HC drops writ seeking judicial commission

The High Court in Dhaka has removed from its cause list a writ petition that pleaded for forming of a judicial commission to investigate into killing of scrap metal trader Lal Chand Mohammad Sohag, also an activist of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, the youth front of the BNP, in Mitford, Dhaka on July 9.

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Govt nods for UN rights office

The interim government on Thursday approved a proposal to establish an office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bangladesh -- initially for three years...

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Relax age limit for doctors for BCS exam: HC

The High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to allow MBBS graduate Debasish Biswas and nine others to apply for the 48th BCS (Special) Examination by relaxing the standard age limit of 32...

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Decentralisation of HC, clemency board agreed

Representatives from 30 political parties on Thursday reached consensus on the establishment of a legally defined clemency board under article 49 of the constitution and the decentralisation of the High Court...