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The High Court Tuesday issued a rule declaring mother as the legal guardian of a child in filling all kinds of official forms including SSC-HSC examinations and passport. A High Court Division Bench consisting of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Md. Khairul Alam passed the judgment in the morning declaring the rule issued in this […]
The High Court has observed that sending a person to jail for a dishonoured cheque is contrary to Article 32 of the country’s Constitution. The court said depriving a person of their personal freedom is unconstitutional. Imprisonment of a person for a bounced cheque under the Negotiable Instrument (NI) Act means deprivation of personal liberty.The […]
The Appellate Division has published full judgment of the Vested Property Act, excluding some observations and directives given by the High Court. An Appellate Division bench, comprised of four justices and headed by Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, released the 34-page verdict on Saturday. On November 23, 2017, the High Court had issued a ruling after […]
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is the procedure for settling disputes without litigation, such as arbitration, mediation, or negotiation. The main advantages of ADR are rapidity, confidentiality and flexibility. Exercising alternative dispute resolution methods can reduce the burden of cases pending in court. Many countries have benefited from using this informal or semi-formal method of dispute […]
The Information and Communication Technology Act was enacted in 2006 to control cyber-related crime specially for defamation in Bangladesh. Law enforcement agencies got unrestricted powers to arrest a person without a warrant under section 57 of that Act. Faced with widespread criticism, the government abolished section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act and […]