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Judicial review in Bangladesh. The term judicial review is not expressly used in Bangladeshi law, but Article 102 of the Constitution of Bangladesh allows writ petitions to be filed at the High Court Division for reviewing the actions of public authorities, or suspending proceedings in lower courts. The article has caused significant judicial ...
The Constitution of Bangladesh[a] is the supreme law of Bangladesh. It was adopted on November 4, 1972, and came into effect on December 16, 1972, marking the first anniversary of Bangladesh’s victory in its Liberation War in 1971. The Constitution establishes Bangladesh as a unitary parliamentary democracy, with commitments to nationalism ...
The fundamental rights of the people of Bangladesh have been namely guaranteed in Part III (Article 26-47) of the constitution of Bangladesh. [1] [2] [3] But the protection of fundamental rights under the Constitution has been inconsistent and that is why, during the period from 2009 to 2023 under the rule of the Awami League-led government, 2,699 people were victims of extrajudicial killings ...
In Bangladesh an unnoticed but quiet revolution took place on the question of locus standi after the introduction of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in 1972...From the language used in Article 102(1) of our Constitution, 'any person aggrieved' may move the High Court Division for enforcement of fundamental right ...
The jurisdiction of the High Court is described in Article 101 of the Constitution of Bangladesh. The High Court Division will deal with original cases, appeals and other judicial functions. Also, under Article 102 of the Constitution of Bangladesh, writ petitions and company and army divisions have original jurisdiction in certain limited ...
The detention of Chanchal Sen, who had been taken away by the Rakki Bahini, was challenged by a writ petition, under Article 102 (2) (b) (i) of the Constitution by his mother, Aruna Sen. Writ petitions are an indirect system of judicial review in Bangladesh. After much effort, she learned that her son had been handed over to the Special Branch ...
The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1988 declared, among others, that Islam shall be state religion (Article 2A) and also decentralised the judiciary by setting up six permanent benches of the High Court Division outside Dhaka (Article 100). Anwar Hussain . Vs. Bangladesh [10] widely known as 8th Amendment case is a famous judgment in the ...
The Constitutional Reform Commission of Bangladesh is a commission established by the Bangladesh interim government in 2024 with a purpose to prepare a report on the reasons behind past constitutional failures and to create a roadmap for convening a constituent assembly to draft and adopt a new, inclusive, democratic constitution, ensuring the inviolability of human dignity.