A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking quashing of exception to section 375 of the Indian Penal Code that exempts sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, she not being under 15 years age from the definition of rape, was dismissed by Kerala High Court last month on 28 October 2015.

National cricketer Kazi Shahadat Hossain was denied bail and sent to jail on 13th of October, 2015 after completion of a three-day remand in the case filed for torturing his 11-year-old domestic help Mahfuza Akhter Happy. Prior to his indictment, the incident had received widespread attention through social media; the outcry subsequently led also to the arrest of his wife on charges of maltreatment of the household help.

Perhaps the biggest challenge for the judiciary in the country is to reduce the delay in the court process and remove the backlog of cases. The judiciaries in most countries however face similar problems. Cost, delay and complexity in the court system were identified in the UK as the major problems with civil justice process in 1997, which eventually resulted in the subsequent reforms and the overture of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), 1997.

The Urdu-speaking community living in Bangladesh, popularly known as Biharis, does not refer to a distinct group of people easily identifiable by race, religion or physical characteristics. The case of Bihari community in Bangladesh is different from the other minority groups. This community primarily focuses on a geographical location of Indian state of Bihar.

We are a Hindu couple who got married in 2000. The marriage was performed by a Purohit of our locality in Chittagong following all...

Punishing someone without lawful authority is not accepted in any civilised legal system. This principle applies to irrespective of any innocent or ...

A layman's guide to the law' is the most recent initiative to bring the law to the general mass. The book is a compilation of 84 selected articles were regularly published in Dhaka Tribune's weekly law page.

The Constitution of Bangladesh had undergone over the last forty three years massive alterations, manipulations and amendments. Yet, proving its inner strength and sustainability, our Constitution stood the test of time.

A former Texas prosecutor who won a conviction that sent an innocent man to prison for nearly 25 years, agreed on Friday, 16 October to serve 10 days in jail and complete 500 hours of community service.

Whenever we think of the treatment of a girl child, in the fraction of a moment we recall the famous 'Mina Cartoon' and surprisingly the situation is quite the same in Bangladesh. As the socio-cultural environment contains persistent gender discrimination, girls face obstacles almost in every sphere of their life. They are often considered to be financial burdens on their family, and from the time of birth, they receive less attention for their health, care and education.

Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) has given sufficient power to any police officer to arrest a person without warrant but the police can exercise the power only in those circumstances where a police officer possesses some evidence indicating involvement with the offence. Unfortunately, in most of the cases it can be seen that most of the police officers are arresting the people without collecting any reasonable indications connecting with the offence. Perhaps section 54 is the most pervasive section that is being misused by the police officers.

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Human Rights (HRs) often come in conflict. Under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the uniform and strict IPRs protection obligates all member countries irrespectively. Thus, the TRIPS Agreement causes concerns and challenges some important provision of human rights. Intellectual Property (IP) laws encourage creativity and innovation by granting individual of monopoly rights for a certain period of time. In one way it creates opportunity for the individuals, on the other it confronts the basic provisions of human rights.

IT'S a sad reality that wild-animal rights are grossly violated throughout the world. Aggression like hunting for skins, trophy, uncured

COMPETING against Eastern University Moot Court Society (EUMC), Dhaka University Moot Court Society (DUMCS) became the champion

The theme of this year's International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13, 2015) is “Knowledge for Life”. The focus of the day is on

In response to a write-up published on 8 September 2015 in 'Law & Our Rights', The Daily Star, here I want to highlight a recent

INFLUENCED by the pro-democracy movements in several Middle East countries, the nationals of Syria started peaceful demonstrating

Under the present human rights protection mechanism, the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture is a unique and universal

Bangladesh judiciary is deadlocked in a vicious cycle of delays and backlogs, which is alarming for ensuring justice, rule of law and

CONSTITUTIONALLY protected freedom of expression is one of the fundamental rights in Bangladesh. Article 39 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ensures this right 'subject to reasonable restriction imposed by law'.