Bangladesh High Court/ supreme court. is the highest court of Bangladesh. Bangladesh high court/ supreme court located in walk distance from shahbag. Bangladesh high court and supreme court is one of the historical place also.
History of Bangladesh Supreme Court:
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সুপ্রীম কোর্ট) is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, and was created by Part VI Chapter I of the Constitution of Bangladesh adopted in 1972. This is also the office of the Chief Justice, Appellate Division Justices, and High Court Division Justices of Bangladesh. As of March 2016, there are 9 Justices in Appellate Division and 90 (80 are permanent and 10 are additional) in High Court Division.
Structure
Supreme Court of Bangladesh is divided into two parts. First, the Appellate Division and second is the High Court Division. The High Court Division hears appeals from lower courts and tribunals; it also has original jurisdiction in certain limited cases, such as writ applications under Article 102 of the Constitution of Bangladesh, and company and admiralty matters. The Appellate Division has jurisdiction to hear appeals from the High Court Division.The Supreme Court is independent of the executive branch, and is able to rule against the government in politically controversial cases.
Judgments of Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
As per Article 111 of the Constitution of Bangladesh, 1972, the Supreme Court judgments have binding effects and the article provides that the law declared by the Appellate Division shall be binding on the High Court Division and the law declared by either division of the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts subordinate to it.
Judgments of Supreme Court of Bangladesh
These judgements are usually digested in the Bangladesh Supreme Court Digest. There are also many law reports which publish the judgments and orders of the Supreme Court. All these law reports are in printed volumes. Only Chancery Law Chronicles offers the Online service of judgments of Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
