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An Analysis of the Penal Provision on Adultery in Light of Gender Equality and the Constitution

Adultery is commonly defined as a voluntary sexual relationship between a married person and someone who is not their spouse. In legal terms, it is often considered a breach of the marital contract and can have various legal consequences which also include emotional, psychological, and social impact. For instance, adultery frequently elicits strong feelings such […]
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Travel Ban on the Accused: The Current Legal Regime in Bangladesh  

Every citizen of Bangladesh has the right to leave and re-enter the country as guaranteed by Article 36 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (Constitution). Minimum curtailment of this fundamental right except as provided by law will be a violation of the constitutional mandate. As an accused person is presumed innocent until […]
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Conditional Bail: A Common but Illegal Practice Needs to be Legalized

Bail has been established as a method for an accused person to be released from public custody and placed in private custody. However, for many years, courts have granted bail to the accused with an additional burden of restriction, and bail that is accompanied by such restriction or condition is referred to as conditional bail. […]
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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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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: 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 Court Corridor: February Edition

This edition of ‘From the Court Corridor’ highlights eight noteworthy pronouncements of the High Court Division (HCD) and the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh during February.  Banning gender detection of unborn babies In January Advocate Ishrat Hasan filed a writ petition asking the HCD to prohibit the purchase, use and […]
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#SurvivedandPunished: How to Stop the Criminal Legal System from Harming Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

Women subjected to abuse have been promised that the criminal legal system will help them if they report those who abuse them to law enforcement and cooperate with prosecution.  But those same systems turn punitive quickly when women act to protect themselves from their abusers.  A number of high profile cases in the United States […]
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Sexual Harassment in Workplace: Introducing the Principle of Tortious Liability in Bangladesh

“Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity;   the female sex.” – Mahatma Gandhi More than half of the total population of Bangladesh are women. Unfortunately,  employment of women in Bangladesh is much lower […]
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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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