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State v Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs: The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Human Rights Violation by Mobile Courts

In 2017 the High Court Division (hereinafter HCD) declared mobile courts led by executive magistrates as illegal holding that it is ‘a frontal attack on the independence of the judiciary and is violative of the theory of separation of power.’ However, the judgment has, since then, been stayed by the Appellate Division (hereinafter AD). Meanwhile […]
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From the Court Corridor: February Edition

This edition of ‘From the Court Corridor’ highlights eight noteworthy pronouncements of the High Court Division (HCD) and the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh during February.  Banning gender detection of unborn babies In January Advocate Ishrat Hasan filed a writ petition asking the HCD to prohibit the purchase, use and […]
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Crusading against Caste based Inequality: Christophe Jaffrelot’s ‘Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability’

The tension and debate over the protection of rights of the Dalit community and conflicting attitude of the State towards the socio-religious reform movements in South Asia has a tortuous history. The history dating back to the 19th century Indian socio-legal movement sheds light upon the expression of the rising national consciousness and spread of the […]
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