High Court
HC clears way for DMP to collect info
The High Court yesterday cleared the way for Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to collect information about residents of the area under its jurisdiction.
13 March 2016
HC clears way for DMP to collect residents' info
The High Court clears the way for Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to collect information from the tenants of DMP area.
13 March 2016
HC verdict on empowering parliament on May 5
The High Court yesterday set May 5 for delivering its judgement on a writ petition that challenged the legality of the 16th constitutional amendment empowering parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges for incapacity or misconduct.
10 March 2016
Verdict on parliament’s power to impeach SC judges May 5
The High Court fixes May 5 for delivering judgment on a writ petition that challenged the legality of the 16th constitutional amendment empowering parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges for incapacity or misconduct.
10 March 2016
Khaleda files petition to cancel trial
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed another petition with the High Court seeking cancellation of the trial proceedings in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case against her, as a Dhaka court is set to resume the hearing today.
9 March 2016
Death penalty of JMB man commuted
Supreme Court commutes the death sentence of a member of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to jail until death for the bomb attack on Sylhet judge in 2005.
9 March 2016
HC order on DMP info collection March 13
The High Court fixes March 13 for passing order on a writ petition filed seeking its directive on the government to stop collecting information about landlords and tenants by Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
8 March 2016
Contempt rule, summons issued against 2 ministers
Supreme Court issues contempt rule against Food Minister Quamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque for diatribes against the chief justice. Asking for their explanations by March 14, the apex court orders them both to appear before the court on March 15.
8 March 2016
Legal notice seeks halt to biometric SIM registration
A Supreme Court lawyer serves a legal notice seeking a halt to biometric registration for subscriber identity module (SIM) cards of mobile operators claiming it violates privacy and has a potential malafide intention.
2 March 2016
HC wants to know if Tarique received summons
The High Court asks the chief metropolitan magistrate of Dhaka to inform it in three days whether the summons on BNP leader Tarique Rahman in a graft case reached his London address.
28 February 2016
HC justifies ACC law for wealth statement, case filing
The High Court today justifies the legal provisions that allow the Anti-Corruption Commission to seek wealth statement from graft suspects and to move cases against them.
28 February 2016
HC bins plea seeking bar on broadcasting Justice Manik’s statement
The High Court has rejected a writ petition seeking restriction on broadcasting statements of former Supreme Court judge Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik about the judiciary and the apex court.
24 February 2016
Gatco graft: Khaleda asked to appear before court Apr 13
A Dhaka court asks BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on April 13 in connection with Gatco graft case.
23 February 2016
Writ seeks bar on broadcasting Justice Manik’s statement
A writ petition is filed with the High Court seeking restriction on broadcasting the statement of former Supreme Court Judge Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik about the judiciary and SC.
22 February 2016
HC for people's access to info
The High Court yesterday ruled that people must have access to income and expenditure statements of political parties under the Right to Information Act.
18 February 2016
Compensate Jihad's family
The High Court yesterday ruled that the government would have to compensate the family of Jihad, a four-year-old who died falling down a 300-foot well shaft in the capital's Shahjahanpur in 2014.
18 February 2016
HC orders for compensating Jihad’s family
The High Court rules the government to compensate the family members of four-year-old Jihad, who died after falling into a deep well at Shahjahanpur of Dhaka in 2014.
18 February 2016
Public to get access to political parties’ income, expenditure info
From now on, general public will have access to income and expense statement of political parties from the Election Commission, the High Court ruled today.
18 February 2016
Order on Fakhrul's bail plea Feb 22
The Supreme Court fixes February 22 for passing orders on petitions filed by BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for extending his bail in three separate arson and vandalism cases.
18 February 2016
Mahmudur won't be freed now
Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of Bangla daily Amar Desh, was shown arrested in a bomb blast case yesterday, a day after the Supreme Court upheld a High Court bail granted to him in a sedition case.
15 February 2016