Law Week
Probe woman-beating arbitration: HC
A High Court bench on September 28 directed police to investigate and take appropriate action against perpetrators of a village arbitration beating in Patuakhali. The vacation bench passed the order in a suo moto move following a report published in a Bangla national daily on torture of a housewife in Golachipa upazila. According to the news report, a mother of two children hailing from Kalyankolospur in Golachipa was publicly beaten with a shoe on Saturday for her alleged extramarital affair with a young man of the same village. Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder also asked the superintendent of police in Patuakhali and the officer-in-charge of Golachipa Police Station to turn in a report immediately after complying with the directive.-The Daily Star online edition September 28 2011.
Hearing in Kibria Killing Case on Oct 25
Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal on September 27 fixed October 25 for hearing on the naraji (objection) petition filed against the supplementary charge sheet in former finance minister SAMS Kibria killing case. Judge Dilip Kumar Debnath set the date following a petition submitted to the court by Special Public Prosecutor Ashok Kumar Kar, seeking extension of time. Lawyer Alamgir Bhuiyan Babul filed the 'naraji' petition on behalf of Asma Kibria, wife of the slain former finance minister, terming the supplementary charge sheet incomplete and flawed. In the supplementary charge sheet, the CID had dropped the names of the main accused and the masterminds behind the killing, Asma alleged in the petition and demanded fresh probe into the incident. The SPP told that CID submitted the supplementary charge sheet to Habiganj Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court on 20 June this year, accusing 14 people.-The Daily Star September 28 2011.
Decision on charge framing against
Sayedee on Oct 3
The International Crimes Tribunal will decide on October 3 whether it will frame war crime charges against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee. After hearing arguments on charges submitted by the prosecution on September 27, the three-member tribunal headed by its Chairman Justice Nizamul Huq fixed the date. During the hearing, prosecutor Syed Haider Ali told the tribunal that they submitted formal charges with sufficient evidence last month to frame charges against Sayedee. There are chronological descriptions in the formal charges on the offences committed by Sayedee during the liberation war, he said, adding that there is no legal bar on the tribunal in framing charges against him based on formal allegations. Sayedee's counsel Tajul Isam told the court that the formal charges submitted by the prosecutors against his client are totally vague, since they failed to show Sayedee's involvement in the crimes, and their specific place of occurrence. - The Daily Star September 28 2011.
HC rejects Amini's bail plea
The High Court on September 26 rejected a bail petition filed by Fazlul Haque Amini, chairman of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ), and directed him to immediately surrender before trial court in connection with a sedition case. A single-member HC bench of Justice Khondker Musa Khaled passed the order. Amini was sued on August 11 for making derogatory remarks about the country's constitution. Earlier on July 14, he said he will throw the recently amended constitution into a dustbin. Acting Attorney General MK Rahman told The Daily Star the police can arrest Amini if he does not immediately surrender before the trial court. Earlier on August 25, two judges of a High Court bench delivered dissenting orders on the bail petition filed by Amini.- The Daily Star September 27 2011.
Mamun sued
The Anti-Corruption Commission on September 22 filed a case against controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun in connection with siphoned off 4,18,853 British pounds to the United Kingdom. The First Information Report (FIR) of the case say that information obtained during enquiry and from different sources, including the United Kingdom Central Authority, revealed that the money was earned through illegal means and by extortion. ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Ibrahim filed the case with Cantonment Police Station against Mamun, a business partner of former prime minister Khaleda Zia's elder son Tarique Rahman. Mamun is currently in jail on various charges. According to the FIR, the accused opened two accounts with a London branch of Natwest Bank and laundered the money between 2003 and 2006. Of the total amount, 2,14,356 pounds was found in an account. The money was deposited between July, 2003 and January, 2005. Mamun did not disclose the sources of this money even though he was asked to explain in two letters sent to him at Kashimpur Central Jail, the FIR added. Mamun, who stands accused in 13 other cases, has already been convicted and sentenced to 20 years in jail in three cases, two of which were for corruption. He was awarded 10 years for amassing wealth by illegal means and three years for non-submission of wealth statement in 2008.- The Daily Star September 23 2011.
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