Year: 2020

Chittagong Hill Tracts
  1. Customary Law

The Role of Traditional Laws of Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the Context of Bangladesh

Customary law plays an important role in many indigenous communities. In Bangladesh, there are many indigenous groups who are practicing their own customary laws since generations. They have their own customs and rituals which regulate their social disputes.  During the drafting of the constitution, Shri Manabendra Narayan Larma, a member of the constituent assembly, demanded […]
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  1. Criminal Law
  2. Uncategorized

Establishing Consensual Sex as Rape Retrospectively upon Breach of the Promise to Marry: Laws and Practice

Nowadays, a highly pertinent issue regarding the definition of rape is frequently being discussed. From a general viewpoint, a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent is said to commit rape. However, a consensual sex shall also be regarded as rape if the consent given by the woman is obtained by […]
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  1. Constitutional Law
  2. Court Corridor
  3. Court Corridor 2020

From the Court Corridor: September Edition

This edition of ‘From the Court Corridor’ highlights notable pronouncements of the High Court Division (HCD) and the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh in September. Ruling on Hindu women’s right to husband’s agricultural lands After the death of one Avimannu Mondal in Khulna his widow, Gouri Dasi, inherited all his […]
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  1. Human Rights Law
  2. International Law

Towards the Recognition of a Right to Remedial Rebellion in International Law?

1. Introduction Nowadays the vast majority of armed conflicts are non-international in character. While international law regulates extensively the use of force among states, internal conflicts are beyond the reach of the law in terms of jus ad bellum. Accordingly, non-international armed conflicts (NIACs) are neither lawful nor unlawful under the current legal framework. This […]
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  1. International Law

US-China Trade Conflict: the WTO Verdict, the Holistic Approach in Interpreting Article XX and the Aftermath

Background A World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) Panel handed a verdict in favour of China on 15 September 2020. The United States (US) had imposed additional tariffs of 25% on certain products from China on 20 June 2018. These products were listed as List 1. On 21 September 2018 the US had […]
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  1. Constitutional Law
  2. Court Corridor
  3. Court Corridor 2020
  4. Criminal Law
  5. Human Rights Law
  6. Judgments of Supreme Court of Bangladesh

From the Court Corridor: August Edition

This edition of ‘From the Court Corridor’ curates notable pronouncements of the High Court Division (HCD) and the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh during August. In August the HCD partially resumed physical hearing for the first time since March 2020. The chief justice constituted 18 regular benches for the physical […]
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  1. Case Comments
  2. Constitutional Law
  3. Human Rights Law
  4. Judgments of Supreme Court of Bangladesh
  5. Right to Equality
  6. Right to Justice

State v Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs: The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Human Rights Violation by Mobile Courts

In 2017 the High Court Division (hereinafter HCD) declared mobile courts led by executive magistrates as illegal holding that it is ‘a frontal attack on the independence of the judiciary and is violative of the theory of separation of power.’ However, the judgment has, since then, been stayed by the Appellate Division (hereinafter AD). Meanwhile […]
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Towards a Bangladesh Model BIT: The Chevron Dues and the Case for Reform

In April 2025, Bangladesh’s state-owned gas company Petrobangla cleared all of Chevron’s outstanding gas bills from previous years. Within days of this payment, Petrobangla formally urged Chevron to resume work on the stalled $65 million Jalalabad compressor project. Petrobangla Chairman told the press, ‘…we have already cleared all outstanding arrear payments of Chevron Bangladesh.’ Chevron […]
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The 15th Amendment Case before the High Court Division: An Analytical Perspective

Background On 17 December 2024, the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) delivered a historic judgment regarding the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act No. XIV of 2011). The 15th Amendment removed the Non-Party Caretaker Government (NPCG) system for conducting general elections and made numerous other constitutional changes. This write-up […]
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