Khalid Khan

A number of landmark decisions were handed down by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) in 2025. This write-up compiles some of the landmark judgments that have significant constitutional and socio-political impacts.

A number of landmark decisions were handed down by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) in 2025. This write-up compiles some of the landmark judgments that have significant constitutional and socio-political impacts.

During the colonial times, vagrancy laws were widely enacted in many European colonies, including the British Raj. In the erstwhile Bengal, the Raj enacted the Vagrancy Act, 1943 (Bengal Act), which specifically dealt with the issue of begging as an issue of vagrancy. I

An amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 (CPC) has recently been approved in principle to digitise the judiciary and rectify procedural defects. Of all the changes, the issuance of summons via short message services, voice calls, Instant Messaging Services (IMS) is perhaps the most significant change.

On Thursday 9 January Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) organised the first instalment of ‘Transition Justice Talks’ at the Supreme Court Bar Association Auditorium, Dhaka.

Last year witnessed an array of major judicial decisions shaping the jurisprudence and legal discourse in Bangladesh. Indeed, throughout the year, the High Court Division (HCD) and the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCB) handed down several significant judgments, of immense constitutional importance, among others.