Author: M Jashim Ali Chowdhury

M Jashim Ali Chowdhury is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Recipient of the Fulbright (U.S.) and Commonwealth (UK) Scholarships, Mr Chowdhury is currently pursuing his PhD in Legislative Studies at King's College London. He has published on constitutional issues with reputed national and international publishers including the Cambridge University Press and Routledge. Mr Chowdhury may be reached at [email protected].
  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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A Critical Assessment of the CrPC Amendment Ordinances 2025 with Dr Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman

DHLR: Section 54 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (CrPC 1898), as amended, tightens the scope of arrest without warrant by distinguishing between offences punishable with imprisonment for a term up to seven years and those punishable with more than seven years. In the former case, police may arrest without a warrant only if […]
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