Month: February 2020

  1. Constitutional Law
  2. Court Corridor
  3. Court Corridor 2020
  4. Human Rights Law
  5. Prison System
  6. Right to Employment

From the Court Corridor: January Edition

In this blog, I have curated notable decisions of the High Court Division (HCD) and the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in January 2020. Banning single-use plastic products within one year Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) and ten other rights organizations jointly filed a public interest litigation (PIL) submitting that single-use […]
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  1. Constitutional Law

Ambiguity in Article 93 of Our Constitution: Can the President Amend Any Constitutional Provision?

The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (hereinafter, ‘the Constitution’) entrusts the president with the power to promulgate ordinance under Article 93. Among all the powers the president exercises under the authority of the Constitution, this is the most significant because by promulgating ordinance he exercises purely legislative power. Interestingly, the office of the […]
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  1. Arbitration
  2. International Dispute Settlement
  3. International Law

The Quest for Protecting Investments under Occupation: The Inception of the Notion of De Facto Host-State in Investment Treaty Arbitration

Almost six years have passed since Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol on 18 March 2014 following a referendum according to which the regional authorities declared their independence from Ukraine and proclaimed their incorporation into the Russian territory. As of the moment of writing this blog, there are eight pending arbitrations that […]
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  1. Constitutional Law

‘Eastminster’ Adaptations in the Westminster Model: The Confusing Case of Bangladesh

Introduction The Westminster parliamentary system is both a political heritage and a concept. Across the Commonwealth, the Westminster system as a political heritage was either ‘implanted’ by the colonial rulers or ‘transplanted’ by the settlers of British ancestry. As a concept, it represents a majoritarian system that constitutionalises an institutionally marginalised opposition. This is in […]
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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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