High Court Division · 21 Apr 2026First Appeal 400/2015Sufia Khatun v Mohammad Mostafa Kamal and othersAppeal dismissedThe plaintiff sued in the court of the Joint District Judge, Khulna for a declaration that an ex parte decree for specific performance obtained against her by defendant Nos. 1-3 in Title Suit No. 15 of 2003 was collusive, fraudul…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 8 Sep 2026First Appeal 719/2019Cosmos Sea Foods Limited v Sonar Bangla Insurance and othersAppeal dismissedCosmos Sea Foods Limited, a shrimp exporter, sued its insurers for Taka 16 crore under a policy covering fire, lightning and flood risks to its shrimp stock in cold storage. In June 2013 a fire from a short circuit in the electri…Company and commercialHigh Court Division · 9 Jul 2026Writ Petition 2498/2026Touhidul Islam Chaudhury v Artha Rin Adalat No. 5, Dhaka and othersRule made absolute; attachment order struck downA bank sued eight defendants, including the petitioner as defendant No. 7, in the Artha Rin Adalat No. 5, Dhaka, claiming about Tk. 148 crore. The bank applied under Order XXXVIII rule 5 read with section 151 of the Code of Civil…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 8 Sep 2026Writ Petition 11828/2016Abdul Baset Majumder (by his heirs) v Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) and othersRule discharged for want of locus standiThe petitioners challenged RAJUK's allotment in 2006 of Plot No. 24, Road No. 11, Block D, Banani to respondent no. 7 as an alternative (Bikalpo) plot in place of a Gulshan plot allotted in 1995 that RAJUK could not hand over. Th…Constitutional and writHigh Court Division · 25 Jun 2026Civil Revision 4059/2008Abdul Mannan and others v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule made absolute; trial decree restoredThe plaintiffs sued in Title Suit No. 74 of 1987 in Laksham, Cumilla for a declaration of title to .40 acres, claiming through two registered kabuliyats of 1927 from the zamindar and long possession as homestead. The Government c…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 10 Sep 2026First Appeal 18/2018Mohammad Asif v Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and othersAppeal allowed; suit remanded for retrialThe plaintiff sued the Government and others in Title Suit No. 245 of 2012 for a declaration of title to 6740 ajutansha of land and a declaration that its recording in City Survey Khatian No. 1 in the defendants' name was erroneo…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 3 Sep 2026Civil Revision 1467/2025Md. Joynal Abedin v Md. Amzed Hossain Biswas and othersRule made absolute; pre-emption restoredThe pre-emptor, claiming as a co-sharer, filed a case in 1996 under section 96 of the State Acquisition and Tenancy Act, 1950 to pre-empt a transfer of land by his brother to pre-emptee No. 1 by a deed dated 17.02.1987. He said h…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 23 Aug 2026First Appeal 504/2000Samirendra Guha Roy v Shabana Khatun and othersAppeal allowed; suit dismissedThe plaintiff, claiming to be the only surviving daughter of a non-Bengali owner killed in 1971, sued for declaration of title and recovery of possession of land and a house, and for a declaration that a sale deed in favour of de…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 14 Sep 2026First Misc Appeal 130/2026Md. Hanif Ali v Md. Sirajul Islam and othersAppeal dismissed; Rule dischargedThe plaintiff sued in Title Suit No. 431 of 2025 for a declaration of title to 92 decimals and a declaration that the quantity of land in a registered kabala deed dated 14.09.2022, executed by him and his two brothers, had been f…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 6 Sep 2026First Appeal 639/2019S. M. Jahangir Habib v Assistant Commissioners (Land), Khulna and othersAppeal allowed; suit remanded for retrialThe appellant sued for a declaration that the Government defendants had no right, title, interest or possession in 3.50 acres of land, claiming title by successive registered purchases from the S. A. recorded tenants. He had earl…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 1 Sep 2026First Appeal 290/2014Farid Ahmed (deceased) by his heirs Saleha Begum and others v Abdur Rop @ Rouf and othersAppeal allowed; suit remanded for retrialThe plaintiffs sued in Title Suit No. 154 of 2007 for a declaration of title to 20 decimals of land, claiming through registered kabala deeds of 1953 to 1958 and a 1991 deed from Miah Ullah, and alleging that S.A. Khatian No. 69 …Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 31 Aug 2026First Appeal 37/2022Bank Asia Limited and another v Jamuna Bank LimitedAppeal dismissed; connected Rule dischargedJamuna Bank, as negotiating bank, sued Bank Asia in the Artha Rin Adalat, Chattogram to recover Tk 13,62,39,388 under three letters of credit Bank Asia had opened on 13.10.2013 for its client. Bank Asia accepted the documents and…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 25 Aug 2026First Appeal (TN) 311/2016Mohammad Hanif (by heirs Rubaiyat Hanif and others) v Government of Bangladesh and othersAppeal allowed; suit remanded for retrialThe plaintiffs sued the Government in Title Suit No. 247 of 2012 for declaration of title to land in Dhaka and a declaration that City Survey Khatian No. 1 in the Government's name was erroneous. They claimed that the land, acqui…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 30 Jul 2026Civil Revision 2692/2017Shree Ananta Kumar Aich and others v Shree Sadhon Bhowmik and othersRules discharged; opposite party's title suit decreedThe petitioners' predecessors obtained an ex parte decree of title by adverse possession in 2000 against the heirs of the S.A. recorded tenant, claiming through an unregistered deed of 1970. They then sued for an injunction again…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 15 Sep 2026Death Reference 100/2019The State v Momin GaziReference accepted; death sentence confirmedThe Nari-o-Shishu Nirjatan Daman Tribunal 1, Jashore convicted the husband of the deceased under section 11(Ka) of the Nari-o-Shishu Nirjatan Daman Ain, 2000 for killing his wife over non-payment of dowry, sentenced him to death …CriminalHigh Court Division · 14 Sep 2026Death Reference 82/2019The State v Md. Kamrul IslamReference rejected; death sentence commuted to lifeThe Nari-o-Shishu Nirjatan Daman Tribunal 1, Sirajganj convicted the accused under section 11(Ka) of the Nari-o-Shishu Nirjatan Daman Ain, 2000 of killing his wife for dowry and sentenced him to death. The death reference was hea…CriminalHigh Court Division · 3 Sep 2026Civil Revision 4257/2001Md. Abdul Majid Pondit (deceased) represented by heirs Md. Iqbal Hossain and others v Most. Sakena Khatun and othersRule dischargedThe plaintiffs, heirs of the original owner, sued for a declaration that a registered exchange deed dated 05.03.1985, by which the owner was shown to have given 37 decimals of land to defendant No. 1, was forged, fraudulent and n…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 31 Aug 2026Writ Petition 16299/2025Md. Kabir Ahmed v Bangladesh Bank and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner, a borrower, filed a writ petition under article 102 of the Constitution challenging an auction notice published by respondent No. 3 in the daily Kalbela on 30.09.2025, purportedly under section 12(3) of the Artha …Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 20 Aug 2026Writ Petition 15074/2024Mohammad Monjurul Islam v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner, a third-party purchaser of three flats, challenged by writ under article 102 of the Constitution an auction notice dated 18.11.2024, amended on 20.11.2024 and published in the Daily Naya Diganta, by which responde…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 13 Aug 2026Writ Petition 7516/2025Tofayel Ahmaed (Azad) v Bangladesh and othersRule disposed of with directionThe petitioner applied to the High Court Division under article 102 of the Constitution challenging the inaction of the respondents in disposing of his representation dated 28.04.2025. The representation was addressed to responde…Constitutional and writHigh Court Division · 13 Aug 2026Writ Petition 8707/2024S.M. Parvez v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner challenged under Article 102 of the Constitution an auction notice published by respondent No. 3 in the daily Prothom Alo on 25.06.2024, purportedly under section 12(3) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003, for the sa…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 12 Aug 2026Writ Petition 6454/2024Sahinul Islam v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule disposed of with directionsThe petitioner, defendant No. 1 in Artha Rin Case No. 439 of 2020, challenged Order No. 20 dated 15.05.2024 of the Artha Rin Adalat in Dhaka, which rejected his application for time to submit a written statement. A Rule Nisi was …Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 22 Jul 2026Writ Petition 15827/2025Tahmid Enterprise v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule disposed of with directionThe petitioner, Tahmid Enterprise, invoked article 102 of the Constitution against an order dated 10.09.2025 passed by respondent No. 4, which alleged that the petitioner had committed the offence of H.S. code misdeclaration in r…Tax, VAT and customsHigh Court Division · 22 Jul 2026Writ Petition 18812/2025Tahmid Enterprise v Bangladesh and othersRule made absoluteThe petitioner, an importer of laminated wood panels, challenged a demand for store rent before delivery of six covered vans loaded with its imported goods at Chittagong Port. After assessment, payment of duties and a release ord…Admiralty and shippingHigh Court Division · 21 Jul 2026Writ Petition 6249/2025Jahurul Islam Medical College and Hospital v National Board of Revenue and othersRule made absoluteJahurul Islam Medical College and Hospital challenged, under article 102 of the Constitution, notices and a letter dated 12.12.2024 issued by respondent No. 4 purportedly under section 212 of the Income-tax Act, 2023. The notices…Tax, VAT and customsHigh Court Division · 19 May 2026Writ Petition 14859/2024Mohammad Anowar Hossain v Bangladesh Bank and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner challenged an auction notice published in The Daily Feni on 11.11.2024 for the sale of mortgaged property under section 12(3) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003, with the auction scheduled for 02.12.2024. On 01.12.2…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 17 May 2026Writ Petition 7971/2025Shohel Vuyea v Bangladesh Bank and othersRule disposed of; stay recalledThe petitioner applied under article 102 of the Constitution, and a Rule Nisi was issued calling on the respondents to show cause why an auction notice published in the daily Songbad on 27.04.2025 by respondent No. 3 under sectio…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 17 May 2026Writ Petition 12719/2024D.H. Euro Hi Tech Co. (BD) Limited v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner company applied under article 102 of the Constitution, and on 05.11.2024 a Rule Nisi was issued calling on the respondents to show cause why their inaction in disposing of its application dated 18.08.2024 should no…Constitutional and writHigh Court Division · 11 May 2026Writ Petition 5124/2010Khurshida Akter and others v Artha Rin Adalat and othersRule disposed ofThe petitioners challenged, under Article 102 of the Constitution, the proceedings of Money Execution Case No. 87 of 2006 pending before the Artha Rin Adalat, Khulna, which arose out of the judgment and decree dated 28.01.1998 an…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 4 Mar 2026Writ Petition 10552/2024Janata Bank Limited v Artha Rin Adalat, Dhaka and anotherRule disposed of; bid acceptance set asideJanata Bank Limited challenged, under article 102 of the Constitution, order No. 11 dated 28.03.2013 of the Artha Rin Adalat No. 1, Dhaka in Artha Jari Case No. 119 of 2012, which accepted an auction bid. On 05.11.2024 a Rule Nis…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 25 Feb 2026Writ Petition 15440/2025Kenpark Bangladesh (Private) Limited v Bangladesh Bank and othersRule discharged as infructuousKenpark Bangladesh (Private) Limited applied to the High Court Division under article 102 of the Constitution, complaining that respondent No. 3 had not disposed of its application under Memo No. KBPL/AUDIT/2025/03-07 dated 20.08…Constitutional and writHigh Court Division · 27 Jan 2026Writ Petition 6241/2023Md. Mostafa Amzad Hossain v Artha Rin Adalat No. 2, Dhaka and othersRule made absolute; suit remandedA financial institution sued the petitioner borrower before the Artha Rin Adalat No. 2, Dhaka, to recover Tk. 9,14,15,469 under a term loan of Tk. 15 crore sanctioned in 2015 and rescheduled on 25.10.2018. In his written statemen…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 5 Jan 2026Writ Petition 15255/2025M. A. Salam Molla v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged for non-complianceThe petitioner applied to the High Court Division under article 102 of the Constitution challenging an auction notice dated 27.08.2025, issued by respondent No. 3 under section 12(3) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 and publishe…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 15 Sep 2026Writ Petition 1789/2014Anlima Yarn Dying Limited v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule dischargedThe petitioner company challenged, under article 102 of the Constitution, section 16CCC of the Income Tax Ordinance, 1984, inserted by section 15 of the Finance Act, 2011, which imposed a minimum tax of 0.50% of gross receipts in…Tax, VAT and customsHigh Court Division · 15 Sep 2026Writ Petition 9780/2026Md. Najmul Haque v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule disposed of with directionThe petitioner applied to the High Court Division under article 102 of the Constitution. On 30.08.2026 a Rule Nisi was issued calling on the respondents to show cause why the inaction of respondent No. 2 in disposing of the petit…Constitutional and writHigh Court Division · 15 Sep 2026Writ Petition 8948/2025Md. Abul Kasem v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner filed a writ petition under article 102 of the Constitution against the Government of Bangladesh and others. On 16.06.2026 the High Court Division issued a Rule asking why respondent No. 2 should not be directed to…Constitutional and writHigh Court Division · 15 Sep 2026Writ Petition 16207/2025Arun Kumar Gosh and another v Secretary, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources and othersRule made absolute in part with directionTwo proprietors applied for permission to establish filling stations in Tangail and Cox's Bazar. By memos dated 12.01.2025 and 04.06.2025 the Power and Mineral Resources Division directed that their applications be kept with the …Constitutional and writHigh Court Division · 15 Sep 2026Writ Petition 13501/2025Md. Mahbub Kabir v Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and othersRule made absolute; reinstatement directedThe petitioner, a Chief Engineer of B-R Powergen Limited, was removed from service on 23.06.2020 for alleged negligence, inefficiency and misconduct over the origin of a generator for a power plant project, and his appeal was rej…Service and labourHigh Court Division · 15 Sep 2026Writ Petition 9068/2024Nizam Uddin v Government of Bangladesh, Ministry of Land and othersRule made absoluteThe petitioner claimed land in Mouza Uttar Khan, Dhaka by inheritance from the C.S. recorded tenant, and final R.S. khatian No. 5514 stood in his name. He challenged memos of 09.05.2024 and 28.05.2024 by which land record officia…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 14 Sep 2026Writ Petition 14024/2025OK Mobile Limited v Bangladesh Bank and othersRule disposed of with observationOK Mobile Limited obtained a Rule under article 102 of the Constitution asking why respondent No. 1 should not be directed to dispose of its application dated 25.11.2025 in accordance with law. When issuing the Rule, the High Cou…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 14 Sep 2026Civil Revision 1162/2025Md. Rezoyanul Haque v Sharmin KhatunRule disposed of; decrees modifiedThe wife sued her husband in the Family Court, Badargonj for unpaid dower and maintenance. The husband denied the claim, saying that he had divorced her on 31.05.2023 and that the dower figure in the Kabinnama had been overwritte…FamilyHigh Court Division · 13 Sep 2026Writ Petition 8109/2025M.A. Khalaque (Pvt.) Limited v The Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner company sought a term loan of Tk 12,00,00,000 from Sonali Bank PLC, respondent No. 5, on a 60:40 debt-equity ratio for five years, by an application dated 12.05.2025. It filed a writ petition under Article 102 of t…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 13 Sep 2026Writ Petition 21031/2025Dr. Munshi Shahjahan and others v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule dischargedThe petitioners, inhabitants of Dahakula village in Kushtia with accounts at the Dahakula Branch of Sonali Bank PLC, challenged the respondents' inaction in cancelling a Bangladesh Bank letter dated 31.08.2025 approving the shift…Constitutional and writHigh Court Division · 9 Sep 2026Writ Petition 10141/2026Md. Ziaul Haque v Bangladesh Bank and othersRule disposed of with directionThe petitioner filed a writ petition under article 102 of the Constitution seeking a direction on the respondents to reschedule his loan liabilities, with waiver of all interest, in exercise of the power under section 49(1)(cha) …Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 9 Sep 2026Civil Revision 2379/2000Kalipada Das (by his heirs) v Biddah Sagor Das and othersRule disposed of; suit remandedThe plaintiff sued in the Court of the Subordinate Judge, Court No. 2, Khulna for a declaration of title to 3 acres of land, claiming that he had bought it by a registered kabala dated 18.08.1959 in the benami names of two other …Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 7 Sep 2026Writ Petition 8491/2026Md. Liakot Ali v Bangladesh Bank and othersRule disposed of with directionThe petitioner filed a writ petition under article 102 of the Constitution against Bangladesh Bank and others. He had submitted a representation to Bangladesh Bank (respondent No. 1) on 24.06.2026 seeking a direction to responden…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 6 Sep 2026Writ Petition 12854/2025Md. Mofiz Uddin v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner applied to the High Court Division under article 102 of the Constitution. On 08.12.2025 a Rule Nisi was issued calling on the respondents to show cause why respondent No. 2 should not be directed to dispose of the …Constitutional and writHigh Court Division · 6 Sep 2026First Appeal 171/2017Aradhan Mandol and others v Dhananjoy Sarker and othersAppeal allowed; decree set asideThe plaintiffs sued in Title Suit No. 459 of 2012 for a declaration of title and correction of the S.A. and R.S. records, claiming through a gift deed No. 1883 dated 10.03.1927 made by the C.S. recorded owners to their grandfathe…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 3 Sep 2026Writ Petition 27/2025Md. Bahadur Uddin Ahmed v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner brought a writ petition under article 102 of the Constitution challenging an auction notice published in the daily Samakal and the daily Janadesh on 11.12.2024, purportedly under section 12(3) of the Artha Rin Adal…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 3 Sep 2026Writ Petition 12776/2023Mahfuzur Rahman Mazumder v Artha Rin Adalat No. 2, Dhaka and anotherRule made absolute with directionsThe petitioner, defendant No. 5 in Artha Rin Suit No. 340 of 2016 before the Artha Rin Adalat No. 2, Dhaka, applied to the Adalat to accept his written statement. By Order No. 59 dated 11.05.2023 the Adalat rejected the applicati…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 24 Aug 2026Writ Petition 10084/2026Md. Saiful Islam Member v Bangladesh Bank and othersRule disposed of with directionThe petitioner applied to the High Court Division under article 102 of the Constitution, complaining of the inaction of the respondents in disposing of his application dated 21.07.2026. In that representation to respondent No. 1,…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 24 Aug 2026Writ Petition 17766/2025Helal Hawlader v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule disposed of with directionsThe borrower-petitioner applied under article 102 of the Constitution challenging an auction notice published in the daily Sangbad on 13.10.2025 by respondent No. 3 under section 12(3) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 for the sa…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 20 Aug 2026Writ Petition 12005/2023Md. Nazmul Hossain v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner, a borrower, filed a writ petition under article 102 of the Constitution challenging an auction notice published in the daily 'Azadi' on 30.08.2023 under section 12(3) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 for the sale…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 20 Aug 2026Writ Petition 14950/2024Mahbubul Alam and others v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioners, third-party purchasers of eight flats, challenged an auction notice of 18.11.2024, amended on 20.11.2024, by which respondent No. 4, a bank, invited bids under section 12(3) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 for …Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 19 Aug 2026Civil Revision 4837/2003Siddique Ara Begum and others v Fazle Rashid Chowdhury and othersRule made absolute; trial decree affirmedThe plaintiffs brought Other Suit No. 55 of 1994 in Anwara, Chattogram for declaration of title and confirmation of possession of land recorded in the R.S. khatian in the name of Foizunnessa, claiming it through amicable partitio…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 17 Aug 2026Criminal Revision 2326/2025Naziullaha Rahman (Rana) v The State and anotherRule disposed of; matter sent back for retrialThe complainant lodged an FIR alleging that the accused, by creating a forged deed, obtained mutation of 5 decimals of land in his name. The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bogra convicted the accused under section 471 of t…CriminalHigh Court Division · 13 Aug 2026Writ Petition 12128/2024Md. Khairul Bashar v Government of Bangladesh and othersRule discharged as infructuousThe petitioner filed a writ petition under article 102 of the Constitution challenging an auction notice published in a daily newspaper on 23.09.2024 under section 12(3) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 for the sale of mortgaged…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 14 Jul 2026Civil Revision 2353/2025Md. Ekhlash Uddin v Mukta Begum and othersRule dischargedThe plaintiffs sued in the Court of the Senior Assistant Judge, Gafargaon for recovery of possession of 20.5 decimals of land. They claimed under an agreement for sale dated 08.01.2008 said to have been executed by one of two bro…Land and propertyAppellate Division · 2 Jul 2026Civil Appeal 73/2023Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh v Md. Shahjamal Sardar and othersAppeal allowed; leave petitions disposed ofThe Government appealed against a High Court Division judgment of 11.03.2019 in Writ Petition No. 14344 of 2017, and two leave petitions challenged the same judgment in Writ Petition No. 12977 of 2015. The writ petitioners, claim…Service and labourHigh Court Division · 30 Jun 2026Criminal Appeal (H) 1568/2022Saidur Kabir @ Mukul and others v The State and anotherAppeal allowed in partThe appellants were convicted by the Special Judge, Faridpur on 09.02.2022 under sections 467 and 471 of the Penal Code and sentenced for each to two years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Tk 50,000. The prosecution alleged t…CriminalHigh Court Division · 18 May 2026Criminal Revision 1303/2015Abul Kalam v The StateRule made absolute; conviction set asideThe petitioner and three others were accused of throwing acid on the informant's daughter in 1993. A charge was framed under section 326(A) of the Penal Code, and the Additional District Magistrate, Laxmipur convicted all four in…CriminalHigh Court Division · 11 Mar 2026Writ Petition 4124/2022Md. Moniruzzaman v Government of Bangladesh and othersRules discharged as not maintainableA Full Bench of the High Court Division heard five writ petitions together, each challenging a decision of the Arbitration Tribunal of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) in disputes over trade …Constitutional and writHigh Court Division · 10 Sep 2026Civil Revision 2496/2025Md. Zakir Hossen and others v Md. Shakhawat Hossen (Shamim) and othersRule dischargedThe plaintiffs filed Civil Suit No. 04 of 2024 before the Assistant Judge, Belabo, Narsingdi for declaration of title, claiming land on which they had established a madrasah and were building, and sought a temporary injunction. T…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 10 Jun 2026Civil Revision 4548/2011Nurunnahar Begum and others v Sahid Ullah and othersRule discharged; pre-emption upheldThe pre-emptor filed a case in 1981 under section 96 of the State Acquisition and Tenancy Act, 1950 to pre-empt a transfer of 99 decimals by the vendor (pre-emptee No. 2) to the purchaser (pre-emptee No. 1). Pre-emptee No. 14, wh…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 14 Sep 2026Civil Revision 3927/2015Ashraf Hussain (by his heirs) v Haji Asaduzzaman Bhuiyan and othersRule made absolute; suit decreedThe plaintiff sued in 1985 for declaration of title to, and recovery of possession of, 2 decimals of land in Brahmanbaria, relying on a registered sale deed dated 25.02.1976 and alleging that the defendants had dispossessed him. …Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 10 Sep 2026Criminal Appeal(H) 7712/2014Md. Omar Faruk v The State and othersAppeal allowed; appellant acquittedThe appellant, a postal operator who had acted as Upazila Post Master of Aditmari Upazila Post Office while the regular post master was on leave, was accused of misappropriating government money and absconding after failing to ha…CriminalHigh Court Division · 10 Sep 2026Civil Revision 3774/2013Md. Ishaque Ali (dead), by his legal heirs Md. Mainul Haque and others v The Additional Deputy Commissioner and othersRule dischargedThe plaintiff, later substituted by his heirs, sued in the court of the Assistant Judge, Shibgonj for a permanent injunction against the Government authorities over land he claimed under a 1944 deed and a decree obtained in 1977,…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 10 Sep 2026Criminal Appeal(H) 8058/2024Mohammad Obaidullah v The State and anotherAppeal allowed; conviction set asideThe appellant, appointed as a Lower Assistant at the National University, Gazipur and later promoted to Higher Assistant, was convicted by the Divisional Special Judge, Dhaka under sections 467, 468, 471 and 420 of the Penal Code…CriminalHigh Court Division · 10 Sep 2026First Appeal 721/2018Abdul Rezzaque Bhuiyan and others v Abdul Hossain Khan and othersAppeal allowed; decree set asideThe respondents sued for declaration of title to 21 decimals of land, claiming by inheritance from the C.S. recorded owner, and for a declaration that the defendants' 1918 unregistered sale deed and later mortgage and kabuliyat d…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 9 Sep 2026Civil Revision 4894/2022Azizul Haque v Abdul Gafur and othersRule dischargedThe plaintiffs obtained an ex parte preliminary decree in a partition suit before the Assistant Judge, Ashtagram (Bajitpur Chouki), Kishoregonj. The defendant-petitioner's miscellaneous case under Order IX rule 13 of the Code of …CivilHigh Court Division · 9 Sep 2026Civil Revision 689/2020Jamal Hossain v Mabiya Khatun and othersRule dischargedThe plaintiff sued for a declaration that an ex parte decree of 24.04.2007 in an earlier partition suit, Other Suit No. 83 of 2002, was not binding on him, claiming the land through a chain of transfers and alleging that the decr…CivilHigh Court Division · 8 Sep 2026Civil Revision 4686/2004Bangladesh Railway v Shafiqul IslamRule made absolute; delay condonedThe plaintiff sued Bangladesh Railway and others for a declaration that an earlier decree passed in another suit was collusive and not binding on him. The Senior Assistant Judge, Lalmonirhat, decreed the suit on 24.11.2003. Bangl…CivilHigh Court Division · 8 Sep 2026Civil Revision 3164/2013Mst Tohibun Huda v Md Tahmidur Rahman and othersRule disposed of with directionsThe petitioner and her four sisters filed a partition suit before the Joint District Judge, First Court, Bogra, against their four brothers. On an application under Order XXXIX rule 1 read with section 151 of the Code of Civil Pr…Land and propertyHigh Court Division · 2 Sep 2026Civil Revision 3343/2009Md. Joydhar Ali v Karamjan BibiRule discharged with costsThe plaintiff sued before the Assistant Judge, Dohar, for cancellation of a deed of gift and an ex parte decree, and for partition, alleging that the defendant, who had acted as her tadbirkar in an earlier partition suit in which…CivilHigh Court Division · 30 Aug 2026Civil Revision 4161/2016Md. Monir Chowdhury v Uttara Bank LimitedRule discharged; stay vacatedUttara Bank Limited obtained an ex parte decree on 24.02.2016 in Artha Rin Suit No. 49 of 2015 for Tk 18,63,000.19 against a borrower whose proprietor, defendant No. 2, had taken a loan of Tk 12,00,000 on mortgage of land. Defend…Banking and financeHigh Court Division · 16 Aug 2026Criminal Appeal 5795/2023Md. Mizanur Rahman Suman v The StateAppeal allowed; conviction set asideThe appellant was convicted by the Special Judge, 9th Court, Dhaka under Table 9(Ka) of section 19(1) of the Madok Drabbo Niyantron Ain, 1990 and sentenced to one year's simple imprisonment and a fine of Tk. 10,000. The prosecuti…CriminalHigh Court Division · 28 Jul 2026Criminal Appeal (H) 7665/2024Sumi Rahman v The State and anotherAppeal allowed; conviction set asideThe appellant was convicted under section 27(1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 by the Divisional Special Judge, Dhaka on 08.09.2024, sentenced to three years' simple imprisonment and a fine of Tk. 20,000, and propert…CriminalHigh Court Division · 9 Jun 2026Criminal Appeal (H) 3625/2017Abdullah Al Noman v The StateAppeal allowed; conviction and sentence set asideThe appellant was convicted by the Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, 5th Court, Chattogram under Table 9(Kha) of section 19(1) of the Madok Drabba Niyantron Ain, 1990 and sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment and a …CriminalHigh Court Division · 13 Sep 2026Criminal Appeal (H) 6867/2018Nizam Uddin Mahmud v Nogina Hasin and anotherAppeal allowed; acquittal reversed, accused convictedThe complainant appealed against the acquittal of the accused by the Metropolitan Joint Sessions Judge, First Court, Dhaka on 14.03.2018 on a charge under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. After a settlement of…CriminalHigh Court Division · 4 Aug 2026Writ Petition 2334/2018Meherun Nesa and others v Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and othersRule made absoluteThe petitioners, teachers and staff of Patgudam Girls High School, Mymensingh, were included in the Monthly Payment Order (MPO). Because of a dispute between the school's Managing Committee and the Headmaster-in-Charge, their sal…Service and labourAppellate Division · 22 Feb 2026Civil Appeal 47/2025AMS Faraj Construction v Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and othersAppeal dismissedThe appellant agreed with the Liquidator of Chisty Textile Mills Ltd., a nationalised mill wound up in 2003, to buy its assets for Tk. 35 crore, paying Tk. 15 crore down and the balance in instalments under an agreement dated 01.…Constitutional and writAppellate Division · 11 Mar 2026Civil Appeal 77/2022Bangladesh and others v Md. Mahboob Murshed and othersAppeal allowed; High Court judgment set asideThe respondent, a judicial officer who resigned as Additional District Judge in 2011 after 19 years' service, obtained the Ministry of Law's approval for a 61% pension, but the Audit and Accounts Officer returned the pension case…Service and labourAppellate Division · 6 Nov 2025Civil Appeal 78/2024Begum Sitara Chowdhury (heirs) v Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) and othersAppeal allowed; High Court judgment restoredThe heirs of the lessee of a RAJUK plot in Gulshan challenged RAJUK board decisions raising the fee for converting main-road plots from residential to commercial use, latterly to Tk. 50 lakh per katha. The High Court Division mad…Constitutional and writAppellate Division · 28 Aug 2025Civil Appeal 86/2015Prime Global Limited and others v Sonali Bank Limited and othersAppeal allowedUttara Bank sued Prime Global Limited (PGL) and Sonali Bank in Artha Rin Suit No. 293 of 2003 over IBP facilities given to PGL against 57 post-dated cheques that Sonali Bank had endorsed as good for payment and which were dishono…Banking and financeAppellate Division · 20 Nov 2025Civil Appeal 112/2025Badiul Alam Mojumder and others v Abdul Mannan Khan and othersAppeals allowed; review petitions disposed ofCivil appeals and connected review petitions, brought by Badiul Alam Mojumder and others, the Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and others, challenged the A…Constitutional and writAppellate Division · 21 May 2025Civil Appeal 96/2016Md. Mamun Akhter Hossain v Md. Haider Ali Sarker and anotherAppeal allowed; trial court decree restoredThe appellant landlord sued in the Small Causes Court, Bogra to evict defendant No. 1 from a shop, alleging default in rent and personal need. The shop had been let to defendant No. 2, who later transferred possession to defendan…Land and propertyAppellate Division · 7 Aug 2025Civil Appeal 83/2015Platinum Jubilee Jute Mills Limited v Rahmatullah @ Md. Rahmatullah and othersAppeals and leave petitions dismissedEmployees of government-owned jute mills, fertiliser companies and other corporations were retired on reaching 57. They filed writ petitions claiming to be workers under section 2(e) of the Public Corporation (Management Co-ordin…Service and labourAppellate Division · 7 May 2025Civil Appeal 178/2018Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited v Md. A.K. Azad, Cargo Helpers and othersAppeal disposed of with directionsThe respondents had worked for Biman for many years as casual Cargo Helpers and Traffic Helpers on daily wages. In 2001 Biman listed casual workers with more than 10 years' continuous service, including them, for permanent appoin…Service and labourAppellate Division · 27 May 2025Civil Appeal 32/2025National University and another v Mohammad Abu Hanif Khandakar and othersAppeal allowed; reinstatement directedIn 2004 a Member of Parliament filed a writ petition seeking cancellation of appointments made by the National University between November 2003 and August 2004. The High Court Division discharged the Rule in 2006, holding the app…Service and labourAppellate Division · 26 Aug 2025Civil Appeal 117/2023Md. Humayun Kabir and another v A.M. Mahmud Chowdhury and othersAppeal dismissedThe plaintiffs brought a title suit before the Joint District Judge, 2nd Court, Chandpur seeking declaration of title to the suit land, recovery of possession of part of it from defendants 2 to 4, and declarations that the deeds …Land and propertyAppellate Division · 20 May 2025Civil Appeal 11/2024Government of Bangladesh and others v Md. Mozibul Haque and othersAppeal allowed; writ judgment set asideThe respondents, Surveyors serving under the Ministry of Land, filed Writ Petition No. 5251 of 2013 in the High Court Division alleging discrimination in pay and status. They said that Union Land Assistant Officers and Union Land…Service and labourAppellate Division · 1 Jul 2025Civil Appeal 35/2025The Project Director, MRT Line-1, Dhaka Mass Transport Company Limited v Nilufar Hossain alias Fina Nilufar Shawkat and othersAppeal allowed; High Court judgment set asideThe respondent, holder of a RAJUK leasehold plot in Baridhara, challenged in Writ Petition No. 15376 of 2023 a notice dated 29.10.2023 under section 4(1) of the স্থাবর সম্পত্তি অধিগ্রহণ ও হুকুমদখল আইন, ২০১৭ (Act No. 21 of 2017) f…Land and propertyAppellate Division · 15 Jan 2025Criminal Appeal (A) 64/2024Begum Khaleda Zia and others v Durnity Daman Commission and othersAppeals allowed; all appellants acquittedThree appellants, including a former Prime Minister (the first appellant), brought four appeals against a High Court Division judgment of 30.10.2018. The Special Judge, Court No. 5, Dhaka had convicted them under sections 409/109…CriminalAppellate Division · 21 May 2025Civil Appeal 171/2015Deputy Commissioner, Chittagong v Interbulk Overseas SA Bangladesh Limited and anotherAppeals allowed; High Court judgment struck downFour companies holding land in Chittagong by settlement, lease or ownership challenged by writ petitions the proceedings in L.A. Case No. 1/2010-2011 under the Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Property Ordinance, 1982 and…Constitutional and writAppellate Division · 25 Feb 2025Civil Appeal 91/2024Afroza Khanam and others v Bangladesh and othersAppeal and review petitions allowedThe appellants and review petitioners, appointed Upazila/Thana Election Officers on probation, were terminated for unsatisfactory performance after a test conducted by IBA whose result was never published. The Administrative Trib…Service and labourAppellate Division · 20 Feb 2025Civil Appeal 84/2024Mohammad Sohel Rana and others v Public Service Commission and othersAppeals allowedThe appellants passed every stage of the 27th BCS examination and were recommended for appointment in 2007. By Memo dated 12.06.2007 the Ministry of Establishment, conveying the Caretaker Government's decision, asked BPSC to canc…Service and labourAppellate Division · 30 Apr 2025Civil Appeal 23/2020Bangladesh and others v Ibrahim Alam Bhuiyan and othersAppeals disposed of; judgments modifiedBench Officers of the High Court Division, employees of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, and medical, family planning and agriculture officers challenged by writ petitions a Finance Division circular dated…Service and labourAppellate Division · 21 May 2025Civil Appeal 37/2024Md. Zakir Hossain and others v Md. Abul Hasan Miah and othersAppeal dismissed; selection grade directedBench Readers of the Appellate Division and Bench Officers of the High Court Division had obtained a High Court Division judgment dated 03.12.2014 entitling them to a two-tier selection grade under the National Pay Scale, 2009 af…Service and labourAppellate Division · 20 Oct 2024Civil Review Petition 751/2017Bangladesh and others v Asaduzzaman Siddiqui and othersReview disposed of; Article 96 restored entirelyThe Government sought review of the Appellate Division's judgment of 3 July 2017 in Civil Appeal No. 06 of 2017, which had dismissed its appeal against the High Court Division's declaration that the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendm…Constitutional and writ

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