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National Conference on Collection of Medical Evidence in Rape Cases: Practices, Procedures & PoliciesBangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) with the support of the Growing Up Safe and Healthy (SAFE) Project will hold a National Conference on `Collection of Medical Evidence in Rape Cases : Policies, Practices and Procedures` at the icddr,b Sasakawa Auditorium, Mohakhali, Dhaka on 2 February 2013 between 9.30am to 4.30pm. The Conference will bring together experts including legal and medical professionals, police and women`s rights activists to - Review current laws, policies, practices and procedures governing the collection of medico-legal evidence in cases of rape; Identify gaps in law or practice preventing effective prosecution of such cases; and Develop recommendations for reform to enforce the rights of women and girls who are victims/ survivors of rape. Conference Concept Note Attached. |
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Vertex Chambers Annual Mooting Competition 2012Vertex Chambers arranged its inaugural Mooting Competition on the 13th and 19th of October 2012. This was the first time that such a competition was arranged by any law firm in Bangladesh and also the first time that a mooting competition was arranged on the subject of corporate and commercial law. Participants included Brac University School of Law, Southeast University Department of Law, London College of Legal Studies (South) and Newcastle Law Academy. The Competition was judged by two Justices of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, namely Dr. Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Madam Justice Farah Mahbub and also Barrister Tanjib Ul Alam, Barrister Mustafizur Rahman Khan, Barrister Sameer Sattar and Barrister Karishma Jahan. |
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Global Arbitration Review, a leading arbitration publication features Barrister Sameer Sattar. Global Arbitration Review, a leading arbitration publication has in its article "Volterra Fietta lawyer sets up shop in Bangladesh" featured Mr. Sameer Sattar's, Barrister-at-Law move to set up practise in Bangladesh. Barrister Sameer Sattar is a regular Contributor to Think Legal Bangladesh. |
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Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2012 Passed in Parliament The Law, Justice and Parliament Affairs Minister, Mr. Shafique Ahmed
while placing the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2012 on 19 March
2012 in the Jatiya Sangsad said with the passage of the Bill the dilly-dally
practices in disposing of all pending civil suits would be reduced
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Full judgement of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution Published
The long-awaited full verdict of the Supreme Court invalidating the 13th
Amendment that had introduced election-time Caretaker Government was published
on 16 September 2012, maintaining the observation that the next two polls could
be held under the interim administration. In its full judgment the SC declared the Caretaker system illegal,
echoing the view in its short verdict published one and a half years ago. The
Apex Court, however, said in observation that the next two parliamentary
elections could be held under the Caretaker Government in doing away with it `prospectively` in view of the state of security and sovereignty. |
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City Hospital to answer to High Court The High Court on June 14 asked City Hospital`s Chairman, Managing Director and Mohammadpur Police Station`s Officer-in-Charge to appear before it on 11 July 2012 to give explanation about their conduct in connection with the refusal to hand over the dead body of a newborn to her parents due to the parents` failure to pay the hospital bill. The bench constituted of Mr. Justice Farid Ahmed
and Mr. Justice Zafar Ahmed passed the order after hearing a writ petition on
14 June 2012. The writ petition was filed by The Human Rights and Peace for
Bangladesh following a newspaper report of 10 June 2012 that a newborn`s body
was not handed over to its parents by the City Hospital at Dhanmondi as they
failed to pay the money demanded by the hospital. |
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High Court delivers split verdict on Mass Arrest A High Court Division Bench comprising of Mr. Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Mr. Justice M. Khurshid Alam Sarkar on Sunday, 11 March 2012, delivered split orders on a public interest litigation writ petition challenging the mass arrests and restrictions imposed by the authorities on the right of citizens to move freely ahead of Monday`s (12 March 2012) nationwide opposition programme of march in Dhaka. The matter was then referred to the Chief Justice for reference to a third judge. |
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IFC to assist Bangladesh Bank and Ministry of Finance in updating the FERA 1947 The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group has agreed to extend its cooperation in updating the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 (FERA). The Government has recently sought assistance from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to amend the forex act (FERA). Bangladesh
Bank (BB) has earlier proposed some amendments to the FERA and requested the
Finance Ministry to seek assistance from IFC. Experts, top businessmen,
industrialists, investors and bankers have long been demanding reforms in the
FERA that was passed by the British Government in 1947, a period when there was
no internet, online transactions and back-to-back LC. |
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Court denies bail to 33 opposition leaders A Dhaka court on 16 May 2012 ordered into jail BNP's Acting Secretary General, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 32 other high-profile opposition leaders after denying their bail prayers in connection with an arson case. The leaders appealed for bail after surrendering at the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in the morning. Earlier on 7 May 2012, the leaders accused in the case filed with Tejgoan Police Station, Dhaka appeared before the High Court seeking bail. A two-member High Court Bench delivered dissenting orders on seven bail petitions. Chief Justice Mr. Md. Muzammel Hossain referred the case to a third High Court Bench on 10 May 2012 for its final disposal. The third Bench on 13 May 2012, ordered the 37 accused leaders to surrender before the trial court. |
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Three months stay on Dhaka City Corporation polls The Appellate Division of
the Supreme Court on 19 April 2012 upheld a High Court order that
stayed for three months the operation of all actions initiated by the Election
Commission for holding elections to the bifurcated Dhaka City Corporation
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High Court issues Rule to Block Anti-Islamic content on websites, including Facebook The High Court Division on 21 March 2012 issued a rule directing the Government to immediately block pages and links on websites, especially Facebook, that contain taunting comments, cartoons and pictures against Islam. The High Court also sought an explanation from the Government as to why disciplinary measures should not be taken against those responsible for undermining the religious sentiments of Muslims. |
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Justice Manik attacked in London Mr. Justice A H Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, who is
currently on a private visit to London, came under attack near his London home
on the night of 27 June 2012. Justice Manik told to the media that an unidentified
youth intercepted him at Gail Street at 8:30 pm (London local time). After
confirming about his identity, another two to three youths got down from a
parked car and joined the previous one. `Sensing the attempt to attack, I
started screaming. At one stage, one of the youths hit in my head and waist and
managed to flee the scene,` he stated. |
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New Law Alert : Parliament has passed the Local Government (City Corporation) (Amendment) Bill, 2012. With the passage of the Bill, the time limit to stage polls of the divided Dhaka City Corporation (DCC)s and the tenure of their administrators stand extended by another 90 days, to 180 days. |
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New Law Alert : Parliament has passed The Speaker and Deputy Speaker (Remuneration and Privileges) Bill, 2012, and The Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) (Amendment) Bill, 2012 bringing the remuneration of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and lawmakers under the tax net. Both the laws we |
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New Law Alert : The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) Bill, 2012 has been placed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on 27 February 2012. The statute aims to establish a new statutory council for conducting research on agriculture and planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of activities of agricultu |
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News Think Legal features 7 legal articles authored by Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, Mr. Masud Khan, Ms. Rashna Imam, Mr. Giulio Cesare Zanetti, Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman and Mr. Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury. |
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