Tag: High Court
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Zia Orphanage Trust case: Khaleda Zia, Tariq Rehman acquitted
After the verdict, Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Joynul Abedin said that the appeal has been accepted. The court has rejected the verdict pronounced by the trial court and the High Court, in which all the culprits have been acquitted. Earlier, on October 30, 2018, the High Court had increased Khaleda Zia’s imprisonment in the case to…
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HC acquits Babar, 5 others; Jail sentence of Paresh Baruah and four others reduced
Apart from Babar, former Industries Minister and Jamaat-e-Islami emir late Matiur Rehman Nizami was also acquitted in the case. The High Court also rejected the appeal in his favor as he had already died. The others acquitted are Mohsin Uddin Talukdar, former managing director of state-run Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL); KM Enamul Haq, former…
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No legal weakness found in quashing 5 cases against Dr. Yunus: Supreme Court
A total of five cases were filed in the Labor Court of Dhaka against Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus while he was the Chairman of Rural Telecommunications. Cases were registered against the employees in 2019 following their dismissal under the proposed Trade Union Act. Dr. Yunus appealed to the High Court to have those cases dismissed…
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Appellate Division dismisses four extortion cases against Tariq
On Sunday, Additional Attorney General Anik R Haq represented the state, while senior lawyer AM Mehboob Uddin Khokon argued on behalf of Tariq Rehman. Senior lawyers Zainul Abedin, M Badruddoja, Ruhul Quddus and Qaiser Kamal were also present during the hearing. Giving information to the media, lawyer Qaiser Kamal said that the High Court has…
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Cancellation of freedom fighter quota in government jobs declared illegal
Later, the Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular on 4 October 2018 cancelling the quota in the direct recruitment process for Class I and Class II government jobs. Ohidul Islam Tushar, chairman of the Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sontan O Projonmo Kendrio Command Council, filed a writ petition challenging the government's decision. On December 6, 2021,…
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Question leak: Third phase of primary teacher recruitment postponed
The Secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, the Director General of the Directorate of Primary Education and other respondents have been asked to respond to the rule. The recruitment circular was released on June 14, 2023, while the written exams were held on March 29. The authorities published the written exam results…
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HC bars Dipjol from working as Film Artists Association GS
On May 15, actress Nipun filed a petition in the HC seeking annulment of the election results and a ban on the duties of the Misha-Dipjol panel, which had won the election. Nipun also requested the court to determine the schedule for fresh elections. In the election held on 20 April, Dipjol defeated Nipun by…
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The High Court has banned death row convicts from being kept in solitary confinement until the sentence is decided.
“The writ was filed in 2021 on behalf of three death row convicts, who are lodged in condemned cells in Chattogram, Sylhet and Cumilla jails. The high court later passed the order, providing the authorities concerned They were asked to submit a written report on the facilities. After this, this rule was issued for 1,987…
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BCL supporters welcome High Court order on student politics in BUET
They also raised the slogan “Joy Bangla”. BCL Information Technology Affairs Secretary and BUET alumnus Hasin Azfar and 10 other students participated in the activity. Central BCL vice president and former general secretary of BUET unit BCL, Abu Saeed Kanak, was near BUET Central Shaheed Minar during the programme. After the felicitation, Ashiq Alam, a…
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High Court postpones decision on banning politics in BUET: Latest updates
The High Court has postponed the decision on banning political organizations and activities in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Justice Mohammad Khasruzzaman and Justice KM Zahid passed the order while hearing a writ petition on Monday. The writ was filed challenging the validity of a circular banning all political organizations and activities. BUET…
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High Court orders top Transcom Group executives to return home without any hindrance
The High Court on Sunday ordered that the top three executives of Transcom Group surrender before the court without any hindrance in the case registered at Gulshan police station on March 22 within 72 hours of returning home. The HC bench of Justice Mohammad Khasruzzaman and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar passed the order after a…
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Hallmark scam verdict: Court sentences mastermind to life imprisonment
Whether prosecuting the masterminds of the hallmark loan scam will help reduce corruption in the financial sector depends on the overall stance of the government. If loan scams continue one after another in the banking sector, one or two trials will not improve the situation. To top it all, the hearing of the Hallmark loan…
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HC orders Salam Murshedi to hand over Gulshan House to government. latest court decision
On October 30, 2022, Barrister Saeedul Haq Suman filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking investigation into corruption allegations against the BFF official. According to the writ petition, the house located at Gulshan-2 was listed as an abandoned house under the Gazette in 1986. But Murshedi is living there after capturing it. Three…
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High Court lifts Labor Appellate Tribunal's stay on judgment against Dr Yunus and others
On February 5, the HC issued an order with an injunction after a preliminary hearing on the appeal filed by plaintiff DIFE. The ruling asks why the Labor Appellate Tribunal's January 28 stay on the January 1 order of the Third Labor Court would not be set aside. The hearing on the decision took place…
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Government announces Ramadan schedule for primary and secondary schools
The validity of the government's decision was challenged through a writ petition. On March 10, a division bench of the High Court comprising Justices KM Kamrul Kader and Khizir Hayat, after a preliminary hearing on a writ petition, stayed the government's decision for two months and issued a rule in this regard. As the government…