Law Week
Maiden human trafficking case filed
Bangladesh witnesses the first-ever human trafficking case after parliament enacted the Human Trafficking (prevention and protection) Act, 2012 in February this year. Mohammad Babu, 27, of Atrai in Naogaon, filed the case with Naogaon Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on May 7 against a gang that allegedly trafficked two jobseekers to Egypt in the name of providing them with jobs in Saudi Arabia. Charges were brought against Mohammad Israfil of Andharkota and his partners, Mohammad Selim and Delwar of the recruiting agency Sonali Enterprise and Akram Hossain of Khandker Overseas in Dhaka. Offenders convicted of human trafficking would be handed down the highest capital punishment, lifetime imprisonment, different terms of rigorous jail or monetary fines or both on the basis of the gravity of their crime.-The Daily Star June 7 2012.
HC hits back at Speaker's comment
A High Court bench on June 5 said the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad had provoked people against the apex court and the government by making comments on its directive on Supreme Court land and the act amounted to sedition. The Speaker is completely ignorant about the SC and the constitution, said the bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim. Speaker Abdul Hamid on May 29 told the House that the courts were neutral and independent, but it looked odd when they took quick decisions to solve their own problems while people had to wait years for justice. The remarks came in relation to an HC order that the Supreme Court be handed over its land, currently under the control of the Roads and Highways Department.- The Daily Star June 6 2012.
More arrest orders against Unipay2u officials
A Dhaka court on June 5 issued arrest warrants against the chairman and nine officials of Unipay2u Bangladesh for misappropriating Tk 46.34 lakh from an investor of the company. Metropolitan Magistrate Keshab Roy Chowdhury passed the order after Jahanara Masud, a resident of Dhaka, filed the case against the top officials of the multi-level marketing (MLM) company. The accused are Chairman Shahiduzzaman alias Shahin, Vice Chairman Masudur Rahamn Masud, General Manager Jamshedul Alam, Managing Director Muntasir Hossain Emon, Director (Finance) MA Taher, Director (Admin) MA Mukim, Director (Marketing) Shakhawat Hossain, Director Monjur Ahsan Mintu, Director Khandakar Muhith Al Mahmud and Chief Agent Minhazur Rahaman. The court also directed the officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station to submit reports on the execution of the arrest warrants within July 19.- The Daily Star June 6 2012.
HC stays bar council polls for a month
The High Court on June 5 stayed for a month the process for holding election to the Bangladesh Bar Council, the licensing authority, which allows lawyers to practice. The order came after five Supreme Court lawyers moved three separate writ petitions claiming that there were different anomalies in the voter list and election schedule.The election was scheduled for June 17. The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim also issued separate rules upon the Bar Council authorities to explain in two weeks why they should not be directed to remove the anomalies before holding the election.- The Daily Star June 6 2012.
Kamaruzzaman indicted
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman has been charged with murder and torture of unarmed civilians and complicity in other crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. After framing seven specific charges against him on June 4, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 fixed July 2 for the beginning of the trial. The charges are based on seven separate incidents of crimes against humanity that left at least 183 unarmed people dead and some women raped.During the charge framing , Tribunal-2 said Kamaruzzaman had played the key role in the formation of Al Badr with selected students of Ashek Mahmud Collage in Jamalpur. All of them belonged to ICS. Under his leadership, all members of ICS of greater Mymensingh were recruited in Al Badr, the court said while presenting a brief profile of the accused.- The Daily Star June 5 2012.
41 policemen sued for attempted murder
A Dhaka court on June 5 ordered a judicial inquiry into an attempted murder case hours after it was filed against 41 policemen, including the former deputy commissioner (DC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Khurshid Alam. Metropolitan Magistrate Joynab Begum passed the order after a pro-BNP lawyer Hossain Ali Khan Hassan filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka yesterday morning. Hossain accused the policemen of attempting to kill him on the court premises on May 16 and mentioned the names of six police officials including the former DC of DMP (Lalbagh Division). The complainant said in his statement that he was one of the counsels for the 33 BNP leaders and activists, accused of torching a vehicle near the Prime Minister's Office during hartal hours on April 29.- The Daily Star June 5 2012.
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