The High Court on Wednesday directed the government and the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) authorities to keep plots at Uattara 3rd phase reserved for 130 people whose allotment were cancelled during the caretaker government. The HC bench of Justice Shahidul Islam and Justice Syeda Afsar Jahan passed the order upon applications filed by five people whose plots were cancelled.
The High Court today issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why the promotion of 223 government officials would not be declared illegal. The HC bench of Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury issued the rule upon a writ petition.
The High Court on Thursday asked the authorities to visit the Burganga and Turag rivers and stop all kinds of encroachment and dirt-filling in the rivers at Mirpur and Hazaribagh. The High Court bench of Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui also asked the Dhaka metropolitan police commissioner, Dhaka deputy commissioner, director general of the environment department and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority chairman to submit a report in this regard to the Supreme Court registrar in seven days after the visit.
The High Court today appointed three amici curiae for their expert opinions on the legality of formation of a parliamentary probe body to investigate corruption allegations against former speaker Jamiruddin Sircar. The amici curiae are barrister Rafique-Ul Huq, advocate Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan and Dr M Zahir.
The High Court today issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why the appointment of Shahidul Haque to the office of additional secretary to the drafting wing of the law ministry should not be declared illegal.
The High Court today directed the government to allow former foreign minister and BNP leader M Morshed Khan to go to Singapore to visit his ailing wife undertaking treatment there. The HC also issued a rule upon the government to explain within four-week why its action restricting Morshed to leave the country should not be declared illegal.
The High Court today rejected two separate applications seeking injunction on pullout of troops from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). The higher court passed the rejection orders after being satisfied with the government submission in this regard.
The government is planning to appoint 50 more judges to the High Court (HC) Division and a few judges to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) to deal with a huge backlog of cases.
The High Court (HC) in a verdict today recognised the present governing body of Proshika, one of the largest NGOs of the country, as the authority of the organisation.
The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the government to allow BNP lawmaker Barrister Moudud Ahmed to go abroad after August 29, and fixed August 6 (Thursday) the date for hearing on a petition filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee seeking similar permission.
