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 petition on August 9, 2015 by some SC Advocates. They submitted report of newspaper on […]
Case Studies
Case Study: Anti-Corruption Commission vs Md. Shahidul Islam & others
Title: Anti-Corruption Commission vs Md. Shahidul Islam & others Reference: 68 DLR (AD) (2016) 242 “Appellate Division declared that a criminal proceeding can be brought against an MP as Public Servant under sections 409/109 of the Penal Code read with section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947” Facts of the case: In this judgment, […]
Application for correcting deposition or cross-examination is not acceptable
Case: Sharifullah vs Tafazzal Hossain Reference: 69 DLR (AD) (2017) 61 Facts & Arguments: In 1983 Md Tafazzal Hossain filed a title suit in a Dhaka Subordinate Court for partition of the suit land registered as Title SuitNo. 284 of 1983. The case was transferred two times, in 1985 & 1992, being registered as Title […]
Rejection of Application for Expert Opinion on Impugned Signatures
Title: Md. Masud Haider vs Md. Golam Ambia (Harun) Reference: 67 DLR (HCD) (2015) 395 Author Judge: Justice Md. Emdadul Huq Date of Judgement: 14-1-2015. Full Judgement: CLICK HERE Facts: Md. Golam Ambia (Harun) leased out two shops to Md. Masud Haider under a written agreement as a monthly tenant. The rent was fixed at […]
Highlights of the Judgment on Constitutionality of 16th Amendment
Case Title: Government of Bangladesh and others vs Advocate Asaduzzaman Siddiqui and others Reference: CIVIL APPEAL NO.06 OF 2017 of Appellate Division. Date of Judgment: 3rd July 2017. Author Judge: Surendra Kumar Sinha, CJ For Full Judgment: CLICK HERE Introduction: The landmark judgment on the Constitutionality of 16th Amendment by the Appellate Division of Bangladesh […]
Ramnad case: Clear proof of usage will outweigh the written text of the Hindu law
Collector of Madura vs. Moottoo Ramalinga Sethupathy (Ramnad case) Reference: 12 M.I.A. 397 (1868) Fact: When the Zamindar of Ramnad died, he left without any son. So, after his death, his estate vested on her wife Rani Parvathavardhinini. After the death of her husband, Rani Parvathavardhinini adopted a son. In doing so she took the consent […]