High Court (HC)
Rubel murder case: HC orders suspension of IO
The High Court today ordered the superintendent of police in Manikganj to suspend Masudur Rahman, the investigation officer in the Rubel murder case and also a sub-inspector, for conducting a defective investigation and providing false information before the court.
How the landless are leading the fight against sexual violence in schools
In 2009, the High Court issued a directive that requires active anti-sexual harassment cells in all educational institutions and workplaces. The landless organisations used RTI to find out how many schools in their locality had complied with the HC directive.
Welcome promise of ever-elusive ‘justice’
Jasmine Sultana’s case must not meet the same fate as countless others
Same rules should apply to all debtors
Why is it that small debtors suffer while big defaulters walk free?
Why Manarat's trustee board reform not illegal: HC to govt
The High Court today (October 18, 2022) questioned the legality of the government action for reconstituting the Board of Trustees of Manarat International University.
Men, lower your gaze and stop judging women
Men must control their own base instincts instead of policing women's clothing.
Public servants’ arrest without prior nod: SC stays HC verdict
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed -- till October 23 -- the High Court verdict that cleared the way for law enforcers to arrest government employees in criminal cases without permission from authorities concerned.
Gender violence cases: Can courts decide what a woman must wear?
A woman's constitutional rights are violated when she is harmed while exercising the personal liberty granted to her by the Supreme Law of the Land: the Constitution.
HC on Narsingdi assault: A country for the ‘civilised’?
The hostility that the Bangladeshi public usually shows towards women is in no way civilised
Rubel murder case: HC orders suspension of IO
The High Court today ordered the superintendent of police in Manikganj to suspend Masudur Rahman, the investigation officer in the Rubel murder case and also a sub-inspector, for conducting a defective investigation and providing false information before the court.
How the landless are leading the fight against sexual violence in schools
In 2009, the High Court issued a directive that requires active anti-sexual harassment cells in all educational institutions and workplaces. The landless organisations used RTI to find out how many schools in their locality had complied with the HC directive.
Welcome promise of ever-elusive ‘justice’
Jasmine Sultana’s case must not meet the same fate as countless others
Same rules should apply to all debtors
Why is it that small debtors suffer while big defaulters walk free?
Why Manarat's trustee board reform not illegal: HC to govt
The High Court today (October 18, 2022) questioned the legality of the government action for reconstituting the Board of Trustees of Manarat International University.
Men, lower your gaze and stop judging women
Men must control their own base instincts instead of policing women's clothing.
Public servants’ arrest without prior nod: SC stays HC verdict
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed -- till October 23 -- the High Court verdict that cleared the way for law enforcers to arrest government employees in criminal cases without permission from authorities concerned.
Gender violence cases: Can courts decide what a woman must wear?
A woman's constitutional rights are violated when she is harmed while exercising the personal liberty granted to her by the Supreme Law of the Land: the Constitution.
HC on Narsingdi assault: A country for the ‘civilised’?
The hostility that the Bangladeshi public usually shows towards women is in no way civilised
No permission needed to arrest govt officials in criminal cases: HC
The High Court today (August 25, 2022) cleared the way for law enforcers to arrest government officials in criminal cases without permission from their authorities.
