Ashutosh Sarkar

Star Interview: ‘Hasina used DGFI to force me to leave the country’

Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, who was allegedly forced to leave the country about seven years ago as a sitting chief justice, has said he is ready to return to Bangladesh and prove that all the cases filed against him are completely false and fabricated if the government ensures his security.

3d ago

Aug 21 grenade attack: 20yrs on, justice not served yet

Uncertainty looms over quick delivery of a High Court judgement in the August 21, 2004, grenade attack cases as the hearing on appeals and death references has recently been halted.

6d ago

Protest coordinators: Detention by DB unconstitutional

The Detective Branch’s picking up of key coordinators of the quota reform protest “for the sake of security” is unconstitutional, said two legal experts and an academician.

4w ago

Quota in Govt Jobs: HC verdict to be inoperative till appeal is filed with SC

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the full text of its July 10 order, has said the High Court judgement, which effectively reinstated quotas in government jobs, must remain inoperative until the leave-to-appeal petitions filed with this court are disposed of.

1m ago

8 years of Holey Artisan Attack: Final justice yet to be delivered

Although eight years have passed since the horrific militant attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan, justice is yet to be finalised for the families of the victims.

1m ago

Aug 21 Grenade Attack: Road to justice still not over

It is still uncertain when the August 21 grenade attack cases will reach the eventuality although the High Court has so far held hearings on death references and appeals for 91 working days since December 5, 2022.

1m ago

One judge, 6,900 cases

The High Court and Appellate divisions of the Supreme Court have long been facing an acute shortage of judges.

3m ago

Cops clueless about Bacchu’s whereabouts

Law enforcers have no idea where former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu is even though a Dhaka court has so far issued 52 warrants for him in as many cases since February 28.

3m ago
August 24, 2024
August 24, 2024

Star Interview: ‘Hasina used DGFI to force me to leave the country’

Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, who was allegedly forced to leave the country about seven years ago as a sitting chief justice, has said he is ready to return to Bangladesh and prove that all the cases filed against him are completely false and fabricated if the government ensures his security.

August 21, 2024
August 21, 2024

Aug 21 grenade attack: 20yrs on, justice not served yet

Uncertainty looms over quick delivery of a High Court judgement in the August 21, 2004, grenade attack cases as the hearing on appeals and death references has recently been halted.

July 29, 2024
July 29, 2024

Protest coordinators: Detention by DB unconstitutional

The Detective Branch’s picking up of key coordinators of the quota reform protest “for the sake of security” is unconstitutional, said two legal experts and an academician.

July 16, 2024
July 16, 2024

Quota in Govt Jobs: HC verdict to be inoperative till appeal is filed with SC

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the full text of its July 10 order, has said the High Court judgement, which effectively reinstated quotas in government jobs, must remain inoperative until the leave-to-appeal petitions filed with this court are disposed of.

July 1, 2024
July 1, 2024

8 years of Holey Artisan Attack: Final justice yet to be delivered

Although eight years have passed since the horrific militant attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan, justice is yet to be finalised for the families of the victims.

June 29, 2024
June 29, 2024

Aug 21 Grenade Attack: Road to justice still not over

It is still uncertain when the August 21 grenade attack cases will reach the eventuality although the High Court has so far held hearings on death references and appeals for 91 working days since December 5, 2022.

May 11, 2024
May 11, 2024

One judge, 6,900 cases

The High Court and Appellate divisions of the Supreme Court have long been facing an acute shortage of judges.

May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024

Cops clueless about Bacchu’s whereabouts

Law enforcers have no idea where former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu is even though a Dhaka court has so far issued 52 warrants for him in as many cases since February 28.

May 5, 2024
May 5, 2024

‘Excesses by executive magistrates worrying’

Legal experts have expressed worries about the growing abuse of power by the executive magistrates.

April 21, 2024
April 21, 2024

Easing Case Backlog: Apex court to get new judges soon

Appointment of new judges for both the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court is on the cards amid an acute shortage of judges with respect to the number of pending cases.

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