Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday conveyed to the president the ruling party's stance on the Supreme Court verdict in the 16th amendment case.

The Supreme Court is set to pass an order on the appeal filed by convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan challenging his death penalty.

Some ministers and leaders of the ruling party have been accusing Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha of undermining Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman through some remarks in the 16th constitutional amendment case verdict. Read from the verdict what the chief justice said.

BNP accuses the government of putting pressure on the chief justice to change the Supreme Court verdict that declared the 16th amendment to the constitution illegal.

LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday urged the apex court to review the “unexpected observations” in the verdict in the 16th amendment case.

The Supreme Court (SC) releases the full verdict directing authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) to reinstate its 140 doctors whose appointment process were declared illegal by the High Court.

The Supreme Court did not hear any of 20 war crimes-related appeals filed with its Appellate Division after disposing of the appeal of

Law Minister Anisul Huq is to brief media on August 10 to give formal reaction to the Supreme Court verdict that scrapped the 16th amendment of the constitution.

The Supreme Court is critical of the system for appointing higher court judges and stressed the need for a better selection process.

The functions of the three-member panel nominated for the appointment of Dhaka University amid protest from a quarter of students

The government becomes arrogant and uncontrolled in the absence of checks and balances and effective watchdog mechanism, observes the Supreme Court in the verdict scrapping the 16th amendment to the constitution.

The Supreme Court refuses to fully accept the rules determining the discipline and code of conduct of lower court judges submitted by the law ministry.

The Supreme Court extends its stay on the ban on executive magistrate-run mobile courts, validating its operation for two more weeks.

The content and tenor of deliberations at the House on July 9 raise the question whether the MPs acted within their mandate. The answer is an unequivocal no. Article 94(4) of Bangladesh Constitution stipulates that the Chief Justice and the other Judges of the SC shall be independent in exercise of their judicial functions.

The government has sent 11 lower court judges, now on deputation to different ministries, to Australia for training although the Supreme Court authorities earlier warned that judges will be charged with violation of discipline if they travel abroad without its approval.

The judiciary is yet to be allowed to have the independence offered by the original constitution 45 years ago, making the idea of

The executive magistrates can run mobile courts for two weeks more, as the Supreme Court yesterday extended for two weeks its

Voting in the two-day annual election to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for its 14 executive posts, including that of president and secretary, begins.

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that directed the director general of the Department of Environment to immediately close tanneries running at Hazaribagh and disconnect their utility services.

The Supreme Court adjourns the hearing until March 5 on a review petition filed against its order for demolishing the 15-storey “BGMEA Complex” located in Hatirjheel lake in Dhaka.