Law Week
Court questions blasts case probe
A Dhaka court on on July 26 questioned the legality of the investigation into the blasts case filed against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 28 others. Judge Mohammad Zahurul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court raised the questioned as the investigation officer (IO) of the case submitted charge sheets in the case against 29 abettors keeping the principal accused untraced. Detectives on May 31 charged 28 accused in the case plus BNP activist Mirtazul Karim Badru with blasting the bombs. Earlier, the case was filed with Shahbagh Police Station against 28 leaders of the 18-party alliance including Fakhrul in connection with the bombs explosions during hartal hours on April 29. -The Daily Star online edition July 26 2012.
Court questions blasts case probe
A Dhaka court on on July 26 questioned the legality of the investigation into the blasts case filed against BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 28 others. Judge Mohammad Zahurul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court raised the questioned as the investigation officer (IO) of the case submitted charge sheets in the case against 29 abettors keeping the principal accused untraced. Detectives on May 31 charged 28 accused in the case plus BNP activist Mirtazul Karim Badru with blasting the bombs. Earlier, the case was filed with Shahbagh Police Station against 28 leaders of the 18-party alliance including Fakhrul in connection with the bombs explosions during hartal hours on April 29. -The Daily Star online edition July 26 2012.
HC disposes of writ petition
The High Court on July 24 disposed of a writ petition challenging the legality of Speaker Abdul Hamid's June 18 ruling and said it would make some observations on the issue later. In his ruling, the Speaker said an HC judge [Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik] had violated the constitution by making “derogatory remarks” about parliament and the Speaker. Earlier in the day, the bench of Justice Hasan Foez Siddique and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain heard arguments from the petitioner's counsels and the deputy attorney general. Supreme Court lawyer AKM Shafiuddin filed the petition on July 18. In the petition, he prayed to the HC to direct the Speaker not to issue such rulings in future, saying that the Speaker could not rule against an SC judge as per parliament's rules of procedure.- The Daily star July 25 2012.
HC questions legality of Bar Council election
The High Court on July 24 questioned the legality of Bangladesh Bar Council election which was held on July 18. In response to a writ petition, the court issued a rule asking the Bar Council chairman and 38 candidates of its election to explain in 10 days why holding of the polls based on the panels should not be declared illegal. The writ petition claimed that as there is no provision or rules in the Bangladesh Bar Council law for holding its election based on panels of candidates, but the election was held on July 18 based on the panels backed by two political parties. The HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar issued the rule following the petition filed by Advocate Yunus Ali Akand.- The Daily star July 25 2012.
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