Law week
Ghulam Azam lands in jail
Forty years after liberation, former Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Ghulam Azam was sent to jail on January 11 on charges of committing crimes against humanity and peace, genocide and war crimes in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal, rejecting his petition for bail, ordered sending Azam to Dhaka Central Jail. The prosecution on January 5 brought 62 specific charges against the former Jamaat chief. On January 9, the tribunal accepted the charges. Ghulam Azam, one of the front men who actively helped the Pakistani occupation forces' attempt to foil the birth of Bangladesh in 1971, comes under the spotlight once again.-The Daily Star January 12, 2012.
MP Shaon not charged
On January 11, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) pressed charges against six people excluding ruling Awami League lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon in connection with the killing of Jubo League leader Ibrahim Ahmed in August 2010. The accused are Shaon's bodyguard Delwar Hossain, driver Kamal Hossain Kala, personal secretary Sohel Ahmed, Jubo League activist Golam Mostafa Shimul, Mazharul Islam Mithu and Nur Hossain Munna. All the accused are now on bail. Jubo League leader Ibrahim received a bullet fired from a licensed pistol of MP Shaon in the parliament complex on August 13, 2010. Driver Kala filed an unnatural death case the following day with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station claiming that the gun went off when Ibrahim was handling it in the lawmaker's car.-The Daily Star January 12, 2012.
Rajuk files case against Bashundhara
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha on January 10 filed a case against East West Property Development, a concern of Bashundhara Group, for filling up Boalia canal illegally in the capital's Khilkhet area. Manzur Elahi Bhuiyan, assistant director of Rajuk, filed the case accusing the company's Managing Director Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, also chairman of Bashundhara Group. The case was filed under Playfield, Open Space, Park and Natural Water Reservoir Conservation Act, 2000, for all metropolitan areas, divisional areas and including all district areas.-The Daily Star January 11 2012.
HC asks govt to act against private schools
The High Court on January 9 directed the government to take immediate steps to prevent private educational institutions across the country from charging additional admission fees from students. In response to a writ petition, it ordered the authorities concerned to investigate allegations against the schools and colleges imposing additional fees and charges in the form of donations violating the guidelines issued by the government. The HC issued a rule asking the education ministry, directorates and education boards to submit to it within a month reports what steps have been taken to stop charging excess fees and punish violators of the guidelines. An HC bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim came up with the rule after hearing the petition jointly filed by two rights bodies--Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) and Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust.-The Daily Star January 10 2012.
HC asks authorities to stop filling up city canal
The High Court on January 9 ordered East West Property Development Ltd, a concern of Bashundhara Group, to stop filling Boalia Khal (canal) inside its Bashundhara residential project and any on-going construction on the canal for next three months. The court passed the order in a suo moto rule following a report published on January 8 in the daily Prothom Alo with a headline "Housing project by filling Boalia Khal". It also asked the company to explain in three weeks why the construction under the housing project in the city by filling the canal should not be declared illegal. The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim passed the order after Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain drew their attention to the report.-The Daily Star January 10 2012.
Charges against six pressed for forgery
The Detective Branch of police (DB) on January 9 pressed charges against six people in a case filed for submitting forged documents to the High Court in order to obtain bail for killers of the couple slain in Gulshan. The charge sheeted accused include a Supreme Court lawyer, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, while the others are Mohiuddin Azad Rabbi, Faruque Ahmed, Abul Kashem, Halema Begum and Dwigendra Kumar Chanda. Earlier,
On January 11, 2011, Rubel and Mithun fled on being released on bail from the HC. Fake documents were submitted to secure their bail. The HC on February 9, cancelled the bail order, directed police to arrest the accused and ordered the lawyers to explain within a week their conduct over securing the bail by means of forgery.- The Daily Star January 10 2012.
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