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Cancellation of caretaker govt: SC defers hearing of review petitions to Nov 17
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today deferred to November 17 the hearing on three separate review petitions challenging its 2011 verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system
Husband receives bail in Mousumi Mou’s dowry case
On October 20, 2023, model and TV presenter Mousumi Mou tied the knot with Arif Billah, a coaching teacher, in an intimate family gathering. However, the actress lodged a dowry case against her husband less than six months into their marriage. Arif surrendered to the authorities following the legal proceedings and was granted bail on Wednesday, May 29.
'Derogatory remarks' on judge: Dinajpur mayor apologises to SC
Dinajpur Municipality Mayor Syed Jahangir Alam today offered an unconditional apology to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for making derogatory comments about one of its judges
Probe into allegations against BFF officials over govt fund to run: SC
The apex court also asked the HC to dispose of the rule issued over this matter in three weeks, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star.
Trial courts must hold sentencing hearings: HC
In a landmark directive, the High Court has said the trial courts must hold separate hearings on sentencing in criminal cases.
Hijab row in Karnataka: Indian Supreme Court to hear Muslim students’ pleas
India’s Supreme Court today (July 13, 2022) agreed to hear next week pleas challenging the Karnataka state high court ruling – refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the southern state.
SC declares Zubaida Rahman a fugitive
The Supreme Court in a full text of a verdict declared Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman, a fugitive in the eye of law.
Chandpur AL leader Salim Khan can’t extract sand from Meghna river
The Supreme Court today scrapped a High Court verdict that allowed Md Salim Khan, a local Awami League leader, to extract sand from the Meghna river in Chandpur.
How did the Supreme Court start housing planning for Dhaka’s poor?
On August 20, 1999, over 5,000 slum dwellers mobilised from various informal settlements in Dhaka and gathered in the Supreme Court premises to protest the “wholesale eviction” that was underway that year.
Cancellation of caretaker govt: SC defers hearing of review petitions to Nov 17
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today deferred to November 17 the hearing on three separate review petitions challenging its 2011 verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system
Husband receives bail in Mousumi Mou’s dowry case
On October 20, 2023, model and TV presenter Mousumi Mou tied the knot with Arif Billah, a coaching teacher, in an intimate family gathering. However, the actress lodged a dowry case against her husband less than six months into their marriage. Arif surrendered to the authorities following the legal proceedings and was granted bail on Wednesday, May 29.
'Derogatory remarks' on judge: Dinajpur mayor apologises to SC
Dinajpur Municipality Mayor Syed Jahangir Alam today offered an unconditional apology to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for making derogatory comments about one of its judges
Probe into allegations against BFF officials over govt fund to run: SC
The apex court also asked the HC to dispose of the rule issued over this matter in three weeks, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star.
Trial courts must hold sentencing hearings: HC
In a landmark directive, the High Court has said the trial courts must hold separate hearings on sentencing in criminal cases.
Hijab row in Karnataka: Indian Supreme Court to hear Muslim students’ pleas
India’s Supreme Court today (July 13, 2022) agreed to hear next week pleas challenging the Karnataka state high court ruling – refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the southern state.
SC declares Zubaida Rahman a fugitive
The Supreme Court in a full text of a verdict declared Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman, a fugitive in the eye of law.
Chandpur AL leader Salim Khan can’t extract sand from Meghna river
The Supreme Court today scrapped a High Court verdict that allowed Md Salim Khan, a local Awami League leader, to extract sand from the Meghna river in Chandpur.
How did the Supreme Court start housing planning for Dhaka’s poor?
On August 20, 1999, over 5,000 slum dwellers mobilised from various informal settlements in Dhaka and gathered in the Supreme Court premises to protest the “wholesale eviction” that was underway that year.
Indian SC recognises rights, dignity of sex workers; orders police not to harass them
India’s Supreme Court has directed police forces in all states and federally-run territories to treat sex workers with dignity and not to abuse them, verbally or physically, and observed that every individual in the country has a right to a dignified life under Article 21 of the Constitution.