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Limitation Period for Filing Civil Revision is the Same as Appeal
Case: Siris Chandro Mondal vs. Sunil Kumar Mondal Reference: 67 DLR (2015) 432 Synopsis: According to the long-standing practice of the Supreme Court, the limitation period for filing a civil revision is the same as appeals, viz. 90 days and…
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Adultery Law in Bangladesh: A Reassessment for Contemporary Application
Adultery is generally considered as intrusion in the marital right. Besides religious, social and other moral values, it is a punishable offence under the Penal Code, 1860. This write-up is an endeavour to recheck the efficiency of the provision of…
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Recalling Witness for Cross-Examination after Closure of Prosecution Case
Case Title: CHUTTA MIAH vs. STATE Reference: 56 DLR (HCD) (2004) page 610. Author Judge: Afzal Hossain Ahmed J. Fact of the case: The petitioner Chutta Miah along with other co-accused was being tried u/s 302/34 of the PC, 1860…
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High Court Division can Award Costs in Exercising its Inherent Power
Case Title: Khandker Latifur Rahman vs. The State Reference: 14 ADC (2017) 515 Judge: Justice Md. Abdul Wahhab Miah Ratio of the Judgment: “The High Court Division in exercising its inherent power under section 561A of the Code can award…
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Personal Data Protection in Bangladesh and GDPR
Recently Pathao, a ride-sharing homegrown platform from Bangladesh has come under a lot of flak and scrutiny for allegations of unauthorized access to user’s SMS and contact list. This incident also started an important discussion relating to the protection of…
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Weight of School Bags Must Not Be More than 10% of Child’s Body Weight-Supreme Court
Case Title: S. M. Masud Hossain Dolon and others Vs. Government of Bangladesh and others Citation: 2017 (1) LNJ 317 Judge: Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury. J. Case No: Writ Petition No. 8252 of 2015 Facts: The case starts with filing of a writ…
Legal Aid in Bangladesh: A Matter of Timing
Key words: legal aid, pre-trial detention, prison overcrowding, Bangladesh Abstract The recently completed Justice Audit has generated a considerable amount of data from across the criminal justice system in Bangladesh. With the help of this data, it is now possible…
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No Bar of Limitation if Decree is Obtained by Fraud
Case Title: Nazrul Islam vs Samsun amr Azim Reference: 22 BLC (2017) 646 Fact of the Case: This case discusses about whether there is any bar of limitation in case where a decree is obtained by fraud. Mrs. Samsun Nahar…
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