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State Vs. Md. Minhazuddin Khan, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....ays. The reasons shown for condonation of such delay are also far from satisfactory. The petition is therefore dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 142. ......ays. The reasons shown for condonation of such delay are also far from satisfactory. The petition is therefore dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 142. ......mp; 5). Lawyers Involved: B Hossain, Advocate on-Record—For the Petitioner Azra Ali, Advocate-on-Record— For the Respondent. Criminal Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 140 of 1997. (From the Judgment and order dated 14th May 1997 passed by the H......ontingent fund. Accused-respondent Minhazuddin Khan, ex-accountant of that office would deal with that fund and PW 1 Muslimuddin as the Cashier of that Office used to deal with the money of repair grant. On 30-6-78, an amount of Taka 15,000.00 was deposited in that account and since then accuse..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 59
Nurul Haque (Md.) and another Vs. Government of Bangladesh, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....ment) Act, 1974. Petitioners having accepted the benefit cannot now term the same as illegal. The learned Judges of the High Court Division in exercising their writ jurisdiction, which is a discretionary relief, rightly refused to exercise their discretion in favour of the petitioner as i......gement being not a law cannot be said to be illegal and unconstitutional. These petitions are dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 140. ......aving accepted the benefit cannot now term the same as illegal. The learned Judges of the High Court Division in exercising their writ jurisdiction, which is a discretionary relief, rightly refused to exercise their discretion in favour of the petitioner as it is unconscionable to blow hot and co......s unconscionable to blow hot and cold in the same breath. The case cited by Mr. Mainul Hosein is not very relevant for our purpose. In that reported decision, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries grant tenancy of requisitioned land under Defence (General) Registrations, 1939 and in that decisio..Category: Employment/Service Law | Date: | Hits: 85
Government of Bangladesh and Ors Vs. Mohammad Faruque, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....other points need not be decided by us. In the result, the appeal is allowed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 112. ......istration Manual, 1983. Under Section 69 of the Registration Act, 1908 the Inspector General shall exercise a general superintendence over all the Registration offices in Bangladesh and shall have power from time to time to make Rules consistent with the Act. The Inspector General issued departm......llip;……………….Appellant Vs. Mohammad Faruque ……………..Respondent Judgment October 27, 1998. The Constitution of Bangladesh, 1972, Article 117 Violations of all......fice and it was done malafide. As the respondent has come to protect his fundamental rights under Articles 27, 29 and 31 of the Constitution the writ petition was maintainable. 5. Leave was granted to consider the appellants submissions that the High Court Division erred in law in not ad..Category: Employment/Service Law | Date: | Hits: 68
Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha Vs. Azir Uddin Chowdhury, 1998, 27 CLC (AD)
....t all relevant considerations in such a matter. Consequently, the appeal is allowed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 96, 18 BLD (AD) 144.......under Order 39 rules 1 and 2 and by granting temporary injunction the learned court committed an error of law and fact.” Unfortunately, the learned Judges did not decide the point regarding the power of the civil Court in granting injunction in a matter covered under Article 34 of President’......y) Rules, 1981 till disposal of Money Suit No. 5 of 1994. 2. The short facts necessary for disposal of the appeal is that, defendant-appellant Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha (hereinafter referred to as ‘BSRS’) is a Sangstha established by the BSRS Order, 1971 (President’s Order No.128 of 1......der No. 128 of 1972) Articles 33, 34 & 35 It is palpably clear that the learned trial Judge as well as the learned Judges of the High Court Division acted illegally and without jurisdiction in granting temporary injunction in a matter covered under Article 34 of the BSRS Order which is a spec..Category: Business or Commercial Law | Date: | Hits: 124
GM, Jamuna Oil Company Ltd. Vs. Chairman, Labour Court, Chittagong Div. & ors, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....e 4 of the Rules. For the reasons stated above both the appeals are dismissed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 91. ......e 4 of the Rules. For the reasons stated above both the appeals are dismissed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 91. ......hers ……………Respondents Judgment February 14, 1999. The Shops and Establishments Act,1965 (XXVIII of 1965) Sections 8 & 9. The Factories Act, 1965 (VI of 1965), section 58 Section 8 merely prescribes the maximum number of ......ate of their ordinary wages done beyond 38½ hours and 44½ hours in a week even though they are not required to work for more than 48 hours in a week. 9. Leave was granted to consider the appellant-company’s submission that there being no law or award or se..Category: Labour and Industrial Law | Date: | Hits: 134
SM Monirul Islam Vs. MV You Bang, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
.... Judgment February 2, 1999. Result: The petition is dismissed. The Admiralty Rules, 1912, Rules 23 and 31 Above rules are enabling provisions and do not in any way circumscribe the discretionary jurisdiction of the Admiralty Court either to reduce or enhance the bank guarantee for......dant-respondent’s surveyor. In that view of the matter, we do not find any ground for interference. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 90. ...... Court Appellate Division (Civil) Present: ATM Afzal CJ Mustafa Kamal J Latifur Rahman J Bimalendu Bikash Roy Choudhury A M Mahmudur Rahman J SM Monirul Islam, Proprietor of Viva Trade International……….. Petitioner Vs. MV You Bang, now berthed at Mongla P......dant-respondent’s surveyor. In that view of the matter, we do not find any ground for interference. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 90. ..Category: Admiralty Law or Maritime Law | Date: | Hits: 235
Bangladesh Vs. Chairman, Court of Settlement, First Court and others, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....vision is otherwise maintained except that part awarding cost. The petition is disposed of in the above terms. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 87. ......rary or indiscreet exercise of discretion. Mr. Hossain submits that the impugned order awarding cost is one such order which should be set aside even though it cannot be disputed that the Court has power to award reasonable cost in the facts and circumstances of a particular case. 3. We ......;………………Respondents Judgment July 20, 1998. Cost In awarding heavy cost the court should give some reason otherwise it may appear to be an arbitrary or indiscreet exercise of jurisdiction……………..(......vision is otherwise maintained except that part awarding cost. The petition is disposed of in the above terms. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 87. ..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 64
Mokbul Hossain Vs. Khandaker Mujibur Rahman, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....s not being an issue in the suit it cannot be considered here for the first time. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 77. ......s not being an issue in the suit it cannot be considered here for the first time. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 77. ......ks having released the suit property in favour of the plaintiff and lease of the defendant from the Deputy Commissioner without approval of the Ministry of Works, the defendant had no locus standi to challenge the plaintiff’s right in the suit property however defective it might be, is co......nsatory cost of Taka 3,000.00 against the defendant-petitioner for his high handed conduct who being an officer of the Government was found “unnecessarily harassing” the plaintiff in flagrant violation of the law. Now this petition by the defendant-petitioner seeking leave to appeal ..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 69
Dr. Ahmed Husain Vs. Bangladesh, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....ional. What looks indecent to others may, in fact, be constitutionally permissible. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 75. ......998. The Constitution of Bangladesh, 1972 Article 68 The President’s Order No. 28 of 1973 President’s Order No. 28 of 1973 was specifically enacted in pursuance of the powers of Parliament granted by Article 68 of the Constitution. It cannot be said therefore that t......stitution. It cannot be said therefore that the insertion of Article 3C is beyond the scope of President’s Order No. 28 of 1973……..(6) A Member of Parliament is entitled to such privileges as the Parliament may determine and the determination is an act of discretion, p......ution of Bangladesh, 1972 Article 68 The President’s Order No. 28 of 1973 President’s Order No. 28 of 1973 was specifically enacted in pursuance of the powers of Parliament granted by Article 68 of the Constitution. It cannot be said therefore that the insertion of Articl..Category: Constitutional Law | Date: | Hits: 152
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka Vs. Md. Faizur Rahman & ors., 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
.... 26. At the end of the detailed hearing we do not find any ground for interference. The petition is dismissed Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 59. ......egulations, 1977, shortly the Regulations 1977, the High Court Division held that the Government couched the memo in the form of request, but it was, in fact, a direction and the Government has no power under the Ordinance and the Regulations to issue such a direction or recommendation. ......p; November 3, 1997. The Intermediate and Secondary Education Ordinance, 1961, Section 10 Section 10 gives the Government the authority to cause an inspection of the affairs of the Board, not of individual schools and colleges. Under t...... 26. At the end of the detailed hearing we do not find any ground for interference. The petition is dismissed Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 59. ..Category: Constitutional Law | Date: | Hits: 155
Kochi Mia @ Khocha Mia Vs. Suruj Mia being dead his heirs Md Fazlur Rahman & ors., 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....ment and order of the High Court Division be set aside and the judgment and decree of the appellate Court be restored. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 57. ....... 10. The learned Counsel for the appellant also submitted that the learned Judge of the High Court Division acted illegally in reversing the findings of fact in exercise of his revisional powers. 11. Mr. Mahmudul Islam, learned Counsel for the respondents, sought to refute these......t November 12, 1998. The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908) Section 115 and Order VI, rule 7 i) The High Court Division as a revisional court had hardly any jurisdiction to set aside the findings of fact by the appellate Court and that also without discussing any faul......Aziz Miah. The plaintiff claimed in the plaint that his father Ismail Miah took permanent settlement of the land at an annual rental of Taka 4.00 in the year 1346 BS on the basis of farog which was granted under the signature of Aminullah, the son of the landlord, in favour of the plaintiff. The ..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 65
Abdul Quddus (Md) Vs. Md. Mobarak Hossain, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....f 1996 was not pressed by the learned Advocate of the parties. Accordingly, both the petitions are dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 54. ...... The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908) Section 151 The learned single judge committed no illegality in affirming the order passed by the trial court in exercise of his power under section 151 of the C.P.C , the trial court having restored the case on the ground of f......Section 151 The learned single judge committed no illegality in affirming the order passed by the trial court in exercise of his power under section 151 of the C.P.C , the trial court having restored the case on the ground of filing the petition for restoration on the date of dismissal of thi......f 1996 was not pressed by the learned Advocate of the parties. Accordingly, both the petitions are dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 54. ..Category: Procedural Law | Date: | Hits: 118
BD Oil, Gas and Mineral Cooperation (Petro Bangla) Vs. Nuruzzaman Khan Brothers, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....rators and made a rule of the Court by the Subordinate, Judge. The petition is disposed of in the above terms. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 52. ......rators and made a rule of the Court by the Subordinate, Judge. The petition is disposed of in the above terms. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 52. ......y 12, 1998. The Arbitration Act, 1940 (X of 1940) Section 39 Awarding of interest on the decretal amount of award on appeal whereas no such interest had been determined by the arbitrators and even no such claim of interest was made by the respondent before the court, granting of su......of interest on the decretal amount of award on appeal whereas no such interest had been determined by the arbitrators and even no such claim of interest was made by the respondent before the court, granting of such interest on the award on appeal is not permissible. ………&helli..Category: Alternative Dispute Resolution | Date: | Hits: 249
Bangladesh Vs. Abul Hossain and others, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....he High Court Division in Writ Petition Nos. 41, 59, 84 and 86 of 1989 be set aside without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 25. ......enesis of the impugned order is briefly as follows: The lands involved in all the writ petitions belonged to one Shah Sufi Emaduddin Ahmed Chisty. The Deputy Commissioner, Dhaka, in exercise of his power under the East Bengal (Emergency) Requisition of Property Act. 1948, hereinafter referred to......nbsp; June 10, 1997. The Emergency Requisition of Property Act, 1948 (XIII of 1948), Section 5(1A) (3), 114 (e) Under section l14 (e) of the Evidence Act one has to presume that the official acts have been regularly performed. The writ petitioners stepped into ......he High Court Division in Writ Petition Nos. 41, 59, 84 and 86 of 1989 be set aside without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 25. ..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 50
Government of Bangladesh Vs. Syed Chand Sultana and others, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
.... is also barred by 12 days and the explanation given for the delay is not satisfactory. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 24. ...... is also barred by 12 days and the explanation given for the delay is not satisfactory. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 24. ...... Inclusion of the property within “kha” list is void and violative of Article 42 of the constitution even though alternative remedy is available, the writ petitioners can come directly to the High Court Division for protection of their fundamental rights………..(4)&...... is also barred by 12 days and the explanation given for the delay is not satisfactory. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 24. ..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 56
Abdur Rouf and others Vs. Jalaluddin and another, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....rected by the learned Judges of the High Court Division suffers from no illegality. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 22. ...... the credibility of the witnesses. The plea of alibi can be taken before the trial court as defence and the court may consider it if proved. The investigating police officer has not been given any power to judge the defence plea of alibi…………………&hel......llip;……….Respondents Judgment March 8, 1998. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898) Section 169 Investigating Officer is not competent to weigh the evidence and judge the credibility of the witnesses. The plea of alibi can be taken be......rected by the learned Judges of the High Court Division suffers from no illegality. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 22. ..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 66
Faruk (Md) Vs. Abdul Hamid and others, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
.... that view of the matter the oral prayer for stay of the present order is refused. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 48. ......ns of appointing auditors in the annual general meeting is for prospective auditing of a company. When the minority shareholders apply under section 233 of the Companies Act, the Court has inherent power to make alternative arrangements for appointment of Auditors for past years if no auditing h......bsp; April 30, 1998. The Companies Act, 1994 (XVIII of 1994) Sections 210(7) & 233 The provisions of appointing auditors in the annual general meeting is for prospective auditing of a company. When the minority shar...... that view of the matter the oral prayer for stay of the present order is refused. The petition is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 48. ..Category: Business or Commercial Law | Date: | Hits: 100
Bangladesh Vs. Anwar Ahmed and others, 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....ugned judgment and order of the High Court Division are set aside. Writ Petition No. 204 of 1989 is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 42. ......the affidavit in support of the writ petition on behalf of the writ petitioner only with the leave of the Court, provided he can satisfy the Court by producing either the letter of authority or any power of attorney supporting his authority to swear the affidavit. Rule 1 Order 3 of the Code of Ci...... The Abandoned Buildings (Supplementary Provisions) Ordinance, 1985 (LIV of 1985) Section 5(2) The Constitution of Bangladesh, 1972, Article 102 In principle where an alternative statutory remedy is available a writ petition under Article 102 of the Constitution shall not be enterta......f Hossain Son of Late Md. Alef Ahmed resident of No.2, New Bailey Road, PS Ramna, Dhaka described himself as the writ petitioner. It is alleged in the writ petition that late Afaq Ahmed Khan, a migrant from India and a Government servant of the then East Pakistan, got the aforesaid land by a r..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 48
Mostafizur Rahman Vs. Government of Bangladesh and 6 ors., 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
....decided in a proper case. For the above reasons, all these appeals are allowed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 40. ......on. It has been, inter alia, stated therein that the Government refixed the tariff value of different importable items of goods by issuing notification SRO No. 224 dated 14-6-90 in exercise of the power conferred on it under section 25(7) of the Customs Act, 1969 and in super session of notifica......dents Judgment May 21, 1998. The Customs Act , 1965 (IV of 1969) Section 19 Subsequent notifications enhancing the tariff rate s...... of those cases. 9. All the Rules having been discharged the leave petitions were filed seeking leave to appeal from the impugned judgment of the High Court Division. 10. Leave was granted to consider mainly two points, first, whether the enhancement of the tariff value by the im..Category: Business or Commercial Law | Date: | Hits: 99
Habibur Rahman (Md.) Vs. Government of Bangladesh and ors., 1999, 28 CLC (AD)
.... 9. No point of law of public importance is involved in this petition. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 39. ...... 9. No point of law of public importance is involved in this petition. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 39. ......Involved Abdul Wahab, Advocate, instructed by Md. Aftab Hossain, Advocate-on-Record — For the Petitioner. Not represented -Respondents Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No. 1042 of 1997. (From the Judgment and order dated 30th April, 1997 passed by t...... 9. No point of law of public importance is involved in this petition. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 51 DLR (AD) (1999) 39. ..Category: Constitutional Law | Date: | Hits: 158