Darul Ihsan University
HC orders stopping law course
The High Court yesterday directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to take immediate steps in stopping Darul Ihsan University's (DIU) two-year Bachelor of Law course as it was being run without the commission's approval.
Delivering a verdict on a writ petition, the court also directed the DIU authorities to pay Tk 5 lakh to each of five petitioners as their “careers were affected” after studying the course at DIU.
The five petitioners, Khan A Salam, Afifa Aktar, Shamim Ara, Abul Hasnat and Imam Hasan, had completed the course and attained certificates.
Afterwards, they appeared for the enrolment certificate examination of Bangladesh Bar Council, which gives licence to the country's lawyers to practice law, on February 26, 2010 and the viva voce on November 24, 2010.
But the council refrained from publishing their results as per a letter sent to the council's enrolment committee chairman from UGC, which pointed out that the course had no UGC certification.
The five on January 17 last year filed the petition challenging the council's decision.
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