Improving Access to and Increasing Engagement with Judgments
GB Today ।। Md. Rizwanul Islam ।। In general, the research conducted by the legal academe in Bangladesh has not…
Law and Rights
High Court to hear ULFA’s 10 trucks arms seizure case on Oct 18
The appeal and death references of smuggling 10 trucks loaded with weapons at the Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Ltd.…
Writ petition filed seeking judicial probe on Narail teacher humiliation
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a human rights body has filed a writ petition before the High Court…
Custodial death: Tripura HC for Rs 10 lakh compensation to victim’s kins
Tripura News Desk: A Tripura High Court Division Bench led by Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty directed the government…
Petition in Calcutta High Court for NIA probe into violence
Advocate General SN Mookherjee claimed that apart from one incident of damage to a passenger train, no violence…
Writ seeking birth registration certificates for street children filed
BSS: A writ petition was filed today, pleading for High Court’s direction to give birth registration certificates to…
AL-backed lawyers win bar council polls
The ruling Awami League-backed lawyers’ panel Sammilito Ainjibi Samannoy Parishad swept the election to the Bangladesh Bar Council,…
HC to hear rule on bringing PK Halder back on June 12
The High Court on Tuesday fixed June 12 as the date to hear a rule issued on bringing…
Bihar: Patna High Court refuses prohibition law tweak
HC dismisses Bihar government’s plan to provide judicial powers to the executive magistrates Patna High Court. Dev Raj,…
Age-old law restricts women’s right to abortion in Bangladesh
Voluntary miscarriage is a criminal offence in the country Kohinur Khyum Tithila: Women’s right to abortion has been…
Collegium recommends elevations of Gauhati HC Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia to Supreme Court
NE NOW NEWS: The Supreme Court collegium headed by CJI N V Ramana has recommended the name of…
Amnesty: Draft law on data protection threatens people’s right to privacy
The Bill uses vague and overbroad provisions, says Amnesty International’s South Asia campaigner The draft of the proposed…
HC commutes death penalty of 4 people in gang-rape case
The High Court on Tuesday commuted death sentences of four people to life term imprisonment in connection with…
Court wants probe reports on New Market clashes on June 7
Two cases filed by police accuse around 1,200 unidentified people under the Explosives Act and of attacks on…
HC orders shutdown of Saint Martin’s Resort
To save the environment of Saint Martin’s Island near Cox’s Bazar, the High Court on Wednesday ordered the…
ICT Case: SC to hear Shahidul’s appeal on July 24
The Supreme Court yesterday fixed July 24 for hearing the leave to appeal petition filed by internationally acclaimed…
Govt’s failure to prepare an application for hearing in 12yrs irks SC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday rebuked the government for its failure to prepare an…
Digital Security Act: Even children are not being spared
Sheikh Sabiha Alam, Dhaka: Even children are being charged under the Digital Security Act for spreading offensive remarks,…
Court awards 5-year-jail to former Bangladesh head of Niko
Bangladesh News Desk: Kashem Sharif, former president of Niko’s Bangladesh office, has been sentenced to five years rigorous…
Give SIT enough time to complete its investigation: Calcutta High Court
The bench asks both central and state forensic laboratories to send their representatives to the site of the…