Court Corridor 2020

We curate and publish the latest landmark decisions from the Supreme Court of Bangladesh every month. Here are the editions of Court Corridor from 2020. 

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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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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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From the (Virtual) Court Corridor: July Edition

This edition of ‘From the Court Corridor’ highlights notable pronouncements of the virtual benches of the High Court Division (HCD) and the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh in July. Staying HCD’s compensation order in the United Hospital Limited’s fire incident Earlier in June the HCD had asked the United Hospital […]
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From the (Virtual) Court Corridor: June Edition

This edition of ‘From the Court Corridor’ highlights notable pronouncements of the virtual benches of the High Court Division (HCD) and the chamber judge of the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh during June. Ordering for compensation in the United Hospital Limited’s fire incident On 27 May a fire broke out […]
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From the (Virtual) Court Corridor: May Edition

This edition of ‘From the Court Corridor’ highlights notable pronouncements of the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh during May 2020. The SC has remained closed since 24 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, the president exercised his ordinance making power under article 93(1) of the constitution to enact […]
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From the Court Corridor: March Edition (Part II)

In part I, I highlighted the notable pronouncements of the High Court Division (HCD) and the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020. Here in part II, I focus on the HCD’s directives relating to COVID-19. The HCD issued several rules in the form […]
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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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