Ashutosh Sarkar

The Supreme Court yesterday issued a contempt rule on two ministers for their bitter criticisms of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha in relation to the hearing of an appeal of war crimes convict Mir Quasem Ali.

The Supreme Court is set to deliver today the verdict on the appeal of war criminal Mir Quasem Ali challenging his conviction amid some “unexpected comments” by two ministers on the chief justice.

The case disposal rate at courts across the country increased remarkably last year as the Supreme Court authorities have taken some measures to update court and case management.

The government has taken an initiative to promote three High Court judges to the Appellate Division, as the apex court has been going through a shortage of judges for more than two years.

The age-old printed cause list, a roll of cases to be heard by the court on any day, will be abolished at the High Court on February 1, as

The government may bring a change in the prosecution and investigation teams dealing with war crimes as suggested by the Supreme Court after it found neglect and incompetence in handling the case against Delawar Hossain Sayedee.

The majority of the five Supreme Court judges, who reviewed the death sentence on war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee, had commuted his sentence to life imprisonment in September last year because a life sentence appeared to them to be "proportionate to the gravity of the crime" he committed, according to the full verdict released yesterday.

The Supreme Court yesterday observed that the freedom of the press is not “absolute, unlimited and unfettered at all times and in all circumstances as would lead to disorder and anarchy”.

The government may take an initiative to promote some High Court judges to the Appellate Division in a month, as the apex court has been going through a shortage of judges for more than two years.

The Supreme Court is likely to start next month hearing the appeal of war crimes convict Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali.

The law ministry has moved to take disciplinary action against the Chandpur district and sessions judge after a judicial probe found the

Even though forty years have passed since the killing of four national leaders at Dhaka Central Jail, none of the convicted killers has been brought to book.

The Appellate Division has been facing a shortage of judges as five out of 11 have retired since 2013 but no new appointment has yet

The way Gaibandha MP Manzurul Islam Liton allegedly shot a minor boy early this month can only be seen in movies and there is no scope to grant him bail, the High Court said yesterday.

The Supreme Court yesterday released its full verdicts that upheld the death penalty of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for 1971 war crimes, leaving them with the option of seeking review of the verdicts.

The High Court is likely to start hearing arguments on the BDR carnage case on November 1 since the court has finished hearing the

Over the past 20 months, the Supreme Court has overturned the High Court's acquittal of 19 people, mostly politicians and their family

The High Court yesterday ordered confiscation of the 18-storey tower built by Concord Group on the land of Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage in the capital's Azimpur area.

The High Court yesterday scrapped a law that had legitimised all actions under a controversial criminal hunt called Operation Clean Heart in 2003.

The government has taken steps to recruit 478 new judges for lower courts in phases to address the massive backlog of pending cases.