Writ-petition

The High Court has ordered the release of a man named Md Almas from Sundaripara village in Kusumhati Union Parishad under Dohar upazila of Dhaka. He has been in jail for the past year due to a confusion over names. A High Court bench comprising Justice J.B.M.  Hassan and Justice Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan passed the order on Sunday. Assistant Attorney General Barrister Mahiuddin Hanif represented the state during the hearing. Advocate Tanvir Ahmed appeared for the victim, Md Almas. Earlier, an inve...

After his writ petition was dismissed by the High Court, Supreme Court lawyer Yunus Ali Akand has now filed an application with the Appellate Division seeking a suspension of the schedule for the presidential election. However, the lawyer said the case could not be heard on Wednesday. Earlier, the High Court on Tuesday summarily dismissed a writ petition filed by the lawyer challenging the validity of Article 70 of the Constitution, which concerns the vacation of a parliamentary seat for v...

The High Court has summoned two former Directors General of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Professor Dr. Muhammad Azad Khan and Professor B. M. Abdul Hannan. They have been ordered to appear before the court on August 12 and explain why they failed to comply with a court order. The order was issued on Wednesday by the High Court bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Md. Asif Hasan. Advocate Md. Humayun Kabir appeared before the court on behalf of the petitioner....