chief justice

No 'careless' comments on president, PM, chief justice

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday urged everyone to be careful while making comments over constitutional posts like that of the president, the prime minister and the chief justice.
15 August 2017, 18:00 PM

16th amendment verdict: Pro-AL lawyers announce programme

Pro-Awami League lawyers have announced a three-day protest programme against “unexpected, irrelevant and unconstitutional” observation given by the chief justice in the Supreme Court verdict on the 16th amendment case.
12 August 2017, 08:31 AM

No scope to discuss court proceedings in JS, says CJ

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday said there was no scope for discussions about court proceedings in parliament or in public.
1 August 2017, 18:00 PM

War criminals attempted to disrupt trial

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has said war criminals sought to interrupt the trial proceedings through appointing international
29 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Graft case: HC bench assigned to hear Ershad’s appeal

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha assigns a High Court bench for hearing three separate appeals in a 25-year-old corruption case filed against former president HM Ershad.
27 March 2017, 09:02 AM

SC admin urges govt to beef up security at courts

The Supreme Court administration requests the government to tighten security of judges, lawyers, court officials and litigants at the courts across the country.
13 July 2016, 15:15 PM

Trial, if any complaints made: CJ

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday said trials of extrajudicial killings must be held if any complaint is lodged with a court in this regard.
20 June 2016, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh Supreme Court won't rehear most of 168 settled cases

The Supreme Court yesterday said it would not hold rehearing on most of the 168 cases in which former chief justice Md
5 May 2016, 18:00 PM

CJ urged to rehear case that declared caretaker govt illegal

Senior pro-BNP lawyer Khandker Mahbub Hossain urges the chief justice to take steps for rehearing of the case in which the Supreme Court declared caretaker government system illegal.
2 May 2016, 08:46 AM

Nizami’s review plea hearing defers till May 3

The Supreme Court defers till May 3 hearing on the review petition filed by convicted war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.
10 April 2016, 04:23 AM

CJ's comments

We welcome the very insightful comments of the Hon'ble Chief Justice made at a book launching ceremony on Saturday.
3 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Trials stumble on outdated laws

Many of the country's laws have become obsolete and are of little effect in doing investigation and delivering justice in modern times, Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha said yesterday.
2 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Everyone not angels in Judiciary: CJ

Corruption prevails everywhere across the country and judiciary is nothing different, Chief Justice SK Sinha says.
2 April 2016, 08:40 AM

Evening courts ‘soon’ to cut case backlog: CJ

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha says initiatives will be taken to introduce evening shift at courts in order to reduce the backlog of cases.
1 April 2016, 11:03 AM

Comments on CJ embarrassed govt

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government was “embarrassed” by the comments of two ministers about Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Diatribes against CJ continue

For a second day in a row, Food Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque blasted Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday.
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Comment on CJ: SCBA demands action against 2 ministers

Supreme Court Bar Association urges the apex court to take legal action immediately against two ministers for their comments about the chief justice.
6 March 2016, 08:54 AM

Ministers’ comments on CJ audacious: BNP

BNP today termed statements of two ministers about the chief justice ‘audacious’ and ‘threatening’.
6 March 2016, 08:19 AM

Qamrul for rehearing of appeal

The appeal in Mir Quasem Ali's case should be reheard by a reconstituted Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court, keeping the
5 March 2016, 18:00 PM

One step forward to digitisation

After 144 years of writing down the testimonies and cross examinations by hand, 20 courts of Sylhet yesterday started doing those things digitally, a first in the country.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM