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After the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association remarked that lawyers’ income had declined since Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury took office as chief justice, a heated argument broke out between the two sides. At one point, Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury and the entire bench of the Appellate Division left the courtroom. The incident took place during a hearing on Tuesday. Speaking to lawyers, it was learned that multiple writ petitions had been filed on the same issue re...

Justice Md. Habibul Gani of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court has been appointed as a judge of the Appellate Division. The President made the appointment on Thursday under Article 95(1) of the Constitution. The Ministry of Law issued a notification on the matter on Thursday. The notification said the appointment of Justice Habibul Gani will take effect from the day he takes his oath. Meanwhile, Supreme Court Registrar General Muhammad Habibur Rahman Siddiqui said in a separate...

The Appellate Division has stayed the High Court's ruling that no accused person can be "shown as arrested" without a specific case filed against them. The apex court has also directed the High Court to dispose of the related rule within four weeks.The Appellate Division bench, led by the Chief Justice, issued the order today (Wednesday, July 29). Earlier, the High Court bench of Justice Razik-Al-Jalil and Justice Debashis Roy Chowdhury had ruled that no one can be arrested without a specific ca...