Mohammad Zafar Iqbal & others vs. Bangladesh & others
| Case Name | Mohammad Zafar Iqbal & others vs. Bangladesh & others |
| Case Number | Civil Appeal No. 58 of 2012 |
| Practice Area | Civil, Land |
| Arising out of (Case Type) | Writ Petition No. 9927 of 2008 |
| Type of Document | Judgment |
| Court Name | Supreme Court of Bangladesh (Appellate Division) |
| Keywords | Acquisition, Requisition, Martyrs, Graveyard, Monument, Liberation, War, Independence, History, Private ownership, Construction, Patriot, East Pahartali, East Pakistan, Mass graveyard, Partition, Arbitrary and Mala Fide, non-application of judicial mind |
| Order/Judgment Date | 04.03.2014 (hearing date) |
| Cases Referred | Other Class Suit No.217 of 2002 in the Second Court of Joint District Judge, Chittagong; Civil Revision No.1891 of 2003 |
| Law Referred | Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1982 |
| Companies/Organizations Referred | University of Science and Technology (USTC), Chittagong Development Authority (CDA); |
| Historical Mausoleums Referred | Mausoleum of Mohammad V; The Dr. John Garang De Mabior Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan; Agostinho Neto’s Mausoleum in Luanda, Angola; Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum; Marien Ngouabi’s mausoleum in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo; The Pyramids of ancient Egypt and Nubian pyramids; Abdel Nasser Mosque, Gamal Abdel Nasser, in Cairo, Egypt.; Taj Mahal at Agra, India; Humayun’s tomb at Delhi, India; Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor; the pyramids of ancient China; Mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia; Tomb of Jahangir at Shahdara, near Lahore, Pakistan; Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Beijing, National Chiang Kai-shek memorial Hall, Taipei; Quezon memorial, in Quezon City, Philippines; Hamilton Mausoleum at Hamilton in Scotland; Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, Italy; Abraham Lincoln’s tomb in Spring Field, Illinois; Eaton Mausoleum, Toronto, Ontario; The Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo |
| People Referred | Gary J Bass, Lt. General A.A.K Niazi, Desaix Myers, Dr. Nurul Islam, Jawaharlal Nehru. |
| Lawyers’ Names | For Appellants: Mr Manjil Murshid, Advocate, instructed by Mr Zainul Abedin, Advocate-on-Record. For Respondent No. 1: Mr Murad Reza, Additional Attorney General, instructed by Mrs. Sufia Khatun, Advocate-on- Record. For Respondent No. 5: Mr Syed Mahbubur Rahman, Advocate-on- Record. |
| Judges’ Names | Mr. Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, Mr. Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, Mr. Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, Mr. Justice A.H.M. Shamsuddin Choudhury |
| Author Judge | Surendra Kumar Sinha, J |