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Only 19 courts for 64 districts to deal with electricity related offences

Muhammad Yeasin

Six electricity companies are distributing electricity across the country for the consumers, but there are only 19 courts for the trial of crimes under the Electricity Act in the 64 districts resulting in immense suffering for both the companies and the consumers. Both the parties have to go in other district in order to get ...

1.5 Lakh Cases Pending In Women And Children Tribunals

Inadequate number of tribunals fails to deal with case load

Muhammad Yeasin

More than 1.5 lakh cases of violence against women and children are now pending with lower courts concerned across the country. Of these, about 33,000 cases have been pending for more than five years, Supreme Court sources said.Although there is a special provision as well as the High Court's directive for disposing of cases under ...

No move yet to establish children's courts

Muhammad Yeasin

The government is yet to establish separate courts only for children in line with the Children Act, which was passed in 2013 in order to establish courts in each district for trial of children's crimes cases. Due to this, the judges of the Women and Children's Repression Prevention Tribunal are performing the duties of the ...

Three unresolved issues vex Jamaat

Muhammad Yeasin

Three crucial issues of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest and most organized Islamist party, are now pending with the Supreme Court for disposal.Although leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing, Islami Chhatra Shibir, played an important role during the July-August uprising that led to the fall of the Awami League government, but ...

Reform panels for full-fledged courts at upazila level

Muhammad Yeasin

Two reform commissions, in their final reports, have recommended that the government establish and operate fully functional criminal and civil courts at the upazila level to ensure meaningful and effective access to justice for the public and to reduce the suffering of litigants.Both the Judicial Reform Commission and the Local Government Reform Commission proposed in ...

Legal experts call for special bench to speed up rape case trials

Muhammad Yeasin

Although the government has taken various steps at different times to prevent the recurrence of rape incidents, including amending the law, the number of rape cases in the country continues to rise due to the lack of speedy trials and implementation of verdicts.Legal experts believe that the authorities should form a special bench in the ...

Little progress in disposing of women, children repression cases by 180 days

Delay in probe, absence of witnesses blamed for it

Muhammad Yeasin

Little progress in disposing of women, children repression cases by 180 days

Even after the High Court directive as well as the government steps there is a little progress in disposing of the women and children repression cases by 180 days.Although the High Court (HC) ordered the authorities concerned to dispose of rape cases in 180 days, but most of the tribunal failed to comply with the ...

Judicial Reform Commission for enacting law restricting presidential clemency

Muhammad Yeasin

The Judicial Reform Commission has recommended restricting the exclusive power of the President and the executive branch to pardons criminals. The commission has suggested that the government enact a law under the title 'The Pardon Act', which will determine the power of President and all other executive to grant pardons to the criminals, if needed. The commission ...

Keep court, Bar out of politics: Reform panel recommends

Muhammad Yeasin

The Judicial Reform Commission has recommended banning political activities in the court premises in order to keep the judiciary impartial, independent and dynamic and transparent. The commission also recommended that the country's bar associations must be freed from political influence. It also called for putting a stop to using them as a tool to implement the ...

Trials for crimes during July-August uprising to conclude this year

Hopes ICT Chief Prosecutor

Muhammad Yeasin

Trials for crimes during July-August uprising to conclude this year

The long-awaited trial proceedings for multiple cases of genocide and crimes against humanity during the July-August uprising are set to wrap up this year, with investigators expected to submit their findings to the tribunal by the end of the month, sources confirmed.Investigations are actively progressing against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 108 others, accused ...