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Government of Bangladesh Vs. Shakhipur Islamia High School, 1993, 22 CLC (AD)
.... MH Rahman J.- Respondent, Shakhipur Islamia High School, instituted Title Suit No. 112 of 1969 in the First Court of Munsif, Chikandi, for declaration of title to the suit land, described in 'Ka' schedule to the plaint, an area of .92......d that the suit land was not a non‑retainable land and that the Government's Order dated 31st May, 1969 was void and illegal. 5. After considering the decision in 11 DLR (SC) 316, the amendment of section 20 by Ordinance No. XII of 1960, and the decision in 15 DLR (SC) 139, the app......Respondent, Shakhipur Islamia High School, instituted Title Suit No. 112 of 1969 in the First Court of Munsif, Chikandi, for declaration of title to the suit land, described in 'Ka' schedule to the plaint, an area of .92 acre of land appertaining to RS Plot No. 10716 of Mouza Char Shakhipur under..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 64
Shahabuddin Vs. Abu Sayed and others, 1993, 22 CLC (AD)
....For the Petitioner. Zakir Hossain, Advocate, instructed by Md. Nowab Ali, Advocate-on-Record-For the Respondent No. 1. Not Represented ‑Respondent No. 2. Civil Petition for leave to appeal No. 121 of 1990. (From the judgment and order dated 27.2.90 passed by ......dinate Judge, Dhaka (now renumbered as Title Suit No. 77 of 1990 of the 4th Court of Subordinate Judge, Dhaka), for declaration of title and recovery of possession of the suit land. Application for amendment of the plaint having been rejected the plaintiff obtained a Rule from the High Court Div......he High Court Division, Dhaka in Civil Revision No. 575 of 1987). Judgment: Mustafa Kamal J.- The plaintiff-respondent filed Title Suit No. 546 of 1974 in the 1st Court of Subordinate Judge, Dhaka ..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 49
State Vs. MM Rafiqul Hyder, 1992, 21 CLC (AD)
....particularly of gold has been defined in the Special Powers Act and this definition is exactly the same as that of smuggling under section 156(8) of the Customs Act. The offence is one and same. Therefore there is no question of joinder or misjoinder of charges. Though it has been made punishable ......0 in default RI for 6 (six) months more. The respondent is directed to surrender to his bail bond forthwith and serve out the sentence. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (AD) (1993) 13. ......ous improvement in his examination‑in‑chief where he merely stated that he found the respondent writing a statement. Further there is nothing on record to show that the respondent had made any complaint to anybody that the customs officers had forced/threatened or coerced him in any manner to wr..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 132
Kazi Mukhlesur Rahman Vs. Bangladesh and another, 1974, 3 CLC (AD)
....sp; Sayem CJ.- This appeal arises out of an application under Article 102(2)(a)(ii) of the Constitution. It is by the applicant before the High Court Division. The application was summarily dismissed by the learned Judges of that......he same race or occupation. It is the fact, clearly established, of injury to the complainant—not to others—which justifies judicial intervention." ......he provisions of a Statute for reasons that it was repugnant, inter alia, to the commerce clause of the Constitution of the United States as well as the 14th Amendment. The relief asked for by the plaintiffs was refused, on the ground of absence of standing or locus standi. The Supreme..Category: Constitutional Law | Date: | Hits: 716
Begum Hamida w/o Abdul Hamid Vs. Abdul Hamid, 1974, 3 CLC (AD)
....f the appellant could not honourably live with the respondent and she had to shift herself with her children in a separate rented house. She demanded maintenance from the respondent for herself and for her children but the respondent neglected and refused to maintain the appe......tenance to the wife is affirmed. But the order so far as it affects the maintenance allowance of the four children is set aside and that of the Magistrate to that extent is restored. Ed. ......tenance to the wife is affirmed. But the order so far as it affects the maintenance allowance of the four children is set aside and that of the Magistrate to that extent is restored. Ed. ..Category: Family Law | Date: | Hits: 146
Solicitor, Government of Bangladesh Vs. A. T. Mirdha, 1974, 3 CLC (AD)
.... Mainul Hosein, Advocate, Jainul Abedin, Advocate, K.S. Nabi, Advocate, instructed by S. M. Huq, Advocate-on-Record—For the Respondents. Criminal Appeal No. 11 of 1973, with Petition for Special Leave to Appeal No. 58 of 1973. (On appeal from the judgment and order dated 3......e result, therefore, is that both the appeals are allowed and the orders passed by the High Court Division in Criminal Revision Case No. 264 of 1972 and 13 of 1973 are set aside Ed. ...... R. Kapur Vs. State of Punjab, reported in A.I.R I960 (SC) 866. "Cases may also arise where the allegations in the First Information Report or the complaint, even if they are taken at their face value, and accepted in their entirety, do not constit..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 125
Halcyon Steamship Co., Inc., USA Vs. Govt. of Bangladesh, 1974, 3 CLC (AD)
..... The second defendant is the shipping agent at Chittagong of the first defendant, a shipping company which filed the application under section 34 of the Arbitration Act. 3. The suit is for realisation of Rs. 90,204/- as compensation for an alleged loss sustained by the plaintiff owi......er examine the question of the validity of the preliminary objection. For the reasons given earlier we find no merit in this appeal, which is dismissed with costs. Ed. ......hipping company which filed the application under section 34 of the Arbitration Act. 3. The suit is for realisation of Rs. 90,204/- as compensation for an alleged loss sustained by the plaintiff owing to damage caused to part of a consignment of wheat carried by a ship of the first ..Category: Civil Law | Date: | Hits: 110
Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs, Govt of BD Vs. Jobed Ali & ors, 1974, 3 CLC (AD)
....uittal by a Special Tribunal appointed under article 5 of the Bangladesh Collaborators (Special Tribunals) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 8 of 1972). 2.The respondents were placed before the Special Tribunal for facing charges under clause (b) of Part IV of the Schedule of the Ba...... to its own directions or owing to continuance of custody under the second part of clause (2) of Article 16 of the Collaborators Order. The appeals are accordingly dismissed. Ed. ...... to its own directions or owing to continuance of custody under the second part of clause (2) of Article 16 of the Collaborators Order. The appeals are accordingly dismissed. Ed. ..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 39
Bangladesh Vs. Professor Golam Azam and others, 1994, 23 CLC (AD)
....erved on him were without lawful authority. 2. The material portion of the notification reads as follows: "Whereas it appears that the persons specified below have been staying abroad since before the liberation of Bangladesh and by their conduct cannot be deemed to be citizens of Bangladesh......; one day before the commencement of the Constitution so that it might get the constitutional protection of an existing law. That legislation bears marks of hurried drafting. It has undergone several amendments. At present, law of citizenship is governed by two legislations the Citizenship Act, 1951....... His very existence is at the sufferance of the state within whose borders he happens to be". 45. In Trop Vs. Dulles 356 US 86, 2 L ed 2nd 630, 78 S Ct 590, decided on the same day as Perez, the plaintiffs application for a passport was denied on the ground that he had lost his citizenship by r..Category: Immigration and Citizenship Law | Date: | Hits: 522
Sultana Jute Mills Ltd. and others Vs. Agrani Bank and others, 1994, 23 CLC (AD)
.... the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 In express terms the Adalat Act has made several departures from the Code of Civil Procedure. Section 5(ka) provides that a hearing of a suit cannot be adjourned for more than three times and the suit has to be disposed of within six months from its institution.......ritten statement is struck off and the counter-claim is rejected as being not maintainable under the Adalat Act. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 46 DLR (AD) (1994) 174; 1994 BLD (AD) 196. ......) of rule 6 of Order VIII makes it quite clear that a plea of set-off or counter-claim is a claim for satisfaction of a debt to the defendant. The plea of set-off sets off a further chain of lis. The plaintiff acquires the right to file a written statement to the defendant's claim and the Court has ..Category: Banking Law | Date: | Hits: 168
Bangladesh Vs. Luxmi Bibi and others., 1994, 23 CLC (AD)
....sp; Shahabuddin Ahmed CJ.- Government is the appellant in this appeal by special leave. The main question raised here is whether the limitation for filing an appeal against a decree will run from the date of the decree or from the date on whic......at when a decree has been amended, the original decree does not exist and the decree that has been amended is the only decree in the eye of law and hence limitation will start from the date of the amendment. But reply to is contention given by Mr. Giasuddin Bhuiyan, the learned Advocate for the ......lised. Subject to this reduction in amount and direction for payment, the appeal is dismissed without, however, any cost. Ed. This case is also reported in: 46 DLR (AD) (1994) 158 ..Category: Procedural Law | Date: | Hits: 104
Sudhangshu Kumar Chowdhury and another Vs. Ali Hossain (Md) & ors., 1994, 23 CLC (AD)
....hree sons. In the recent Settlement operation the suit plot was recorded in the names of Shakti brothers. Shakti Benode and his two brothers while in possession entered into a contract on 11.12.55 for sale of the suit premises in favour of proforma defendant 3 Nasiruddin and a Bainapatra was exe......d so the learned Single Judge was justified in decreeing die suit. The appeal is therefore dismissed with costs. Ed. This case is also reported in: 46 DLR (AD) (1994) 151 ......ion in its revisional jurisdiction could reverse such a finding. If the first question is answered in the negative, then the second question will be in the affirmative. 2. Facts are that the plaintiffs are appellants. The premises in suit consisting of 3 huts belonged to Gurudas Singha wh..Category: Civil Law | Date: | Hits: 134
Rekha Datta and others Vs. Chittagong Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., 1994, 23 CLC (AD)
.... Division in FA No. 68 of 1962. 2. The appellants are plaintiffs. They filed a suit being Other Suits No. 60 of 1959/20 of 1961 in the Court of Subordinate Judge, 2nd Court, Chittagong for declaration and confirmation of possession on the ground, inter alia, that the sale in questio...... and the balance amount to be paid within 6 months from the date. There will be no order as to costs. Ed. This case is also reported in: 46 DLR (AD) (1994) 133 ......bsp; Badrul Haider Chowdhury J.- This appeal is directed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court Division in FA No. 68 of 1962. 2. The appellants are plaintiffs. They filed a suit being Other Suits No. 60 of 1959/20 of 1961 in the Court of Subordin..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 130
Abul Kalam Azad and another Vs. Sunhar Ali and others, 1994, 23 CLC (AD)
....evision Nos. 146 and 147 of 1987, making the Rules absolute after setting aside the two orders passed by the Munsif, Additional Court, Sylhet in Title Suit No. 117 of 1986, rejecting the applications for amendment of the written statement and for recalling PW 1 for re‑examination. 2. To narrate......ion Nos. 146 and 147 of 1987, making the Rules absolute after setting aside the two orders passed by the Munsif, Additional Court, Sylhet in Title Suit No. 117 of 1986, rejecting the applications for amendment of the written statement and for recalling PW 1 for re‑examination. 2. To narrate the...... (From the judgment and order dated 19.1.89 passed by the High Court Division, Sylhet Bench in Civil Revision Nos.146 and 147 of 1987). Judgment: Latifur Rahman J.- These two appeals by the plaintiffs following leave, is directed against the judgments passed by a Single Judge of the High C..Category: Tenancy Law | Date: | Hits: 81
Post Office High School Vs. Asgar Ali & others, 1994, 23 CLC (AD)
.... Court Division, Dhaka in Civil Revision No. 954 of 1991). Judgment MH Rahman J.- Respondent No. 1 instituted Title Suit No. 122 of 1987 in the Court of Assistant Judge, Fourth Court, Dhaka for a declaration that the order dismissing him from the post of Headmaster of the Post Office High ......t and decree of the trial Court are restored and those of the appellate Court and the High Court Division are set aside. No costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 46 DLR (AD) (1994) 127. ......ant School, requested him to allow his relation Rehana Yasmin, to appear in the SSC Examination, though she fared very badly in the test examination. In view of a decision of the School Committee the plaintiff could not allow that student to appear in the SSC Examination. On 11 January 1987 the plai..Category: Employment/Service Law | Date: | Hits: 101
Helaluddin Ahmed alias Swapan. Vs. Bangladesh, 1993, 22 CLC (AD)
.... Civil Petition No. 119 of 1991. Judgment: ATM Afzal J.- In all these matters, the question for consideration is whether the Chief Martial Law Administrator, briefly the CMLA, had jurisdictio......such acts." 16. In the case of Saeed Ahmed (supra) the learned Chief Justice considered the same Article 281(2) after the ouster clause of Court's Jurisdiction was added thereto by amendment. It was held that the amendment did not affect the decision in Zia‑ur‑Ra......thout any order as to cost (in CA No. 51/89). The petition for leave to appeal No. 119/91 is also dismissed. Ed. This case is also reported in: 45 DLR (AD) (1993) 01 ..Category: Constitutional Law | Date: | Hits: 174
Khondaker Mahtabuddin Ahmed, MD Vs. Matin Tea and Trading Company , 1994, 23 CLC (AD)
.....Respondent-Plaintiff Judgment January 18, 1994. Result: The petition is dismissed. The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), section 20 & Or. VII r. 10 Cause of action for the suit arose from the stoppage of supply of tea to the plaintiff from the tea estate within th......t the court at Moulvibazar was competent to entertain the suit. The petition has thus no merit and is accordingly dismissed. Ed. This case is also reported in: 46 DLR (AD) (1994) 92 ......esult: The petition is dismissed. The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), section 20 & Or. VII r. 10 Cause of action for the suit arose from the stoppage of supply of tea to the plaintiff from the tea estate within the jurisdiction of Moulvibazar and subsequent refusal to adjus..Category: Procedural Law | Date: | Hits: 91
Mafizuddin and others Vs. Alauddin and another, 1994, 23 CLC (HCD)
.... Criminal Revisions Nos. 71 of 1992, 207 of 1993 and 439 of 1985. 2. Since the same points of law are involved in these three applications they are disposed of by this judgment. 3. Before disposal of these applications, it is necessary to say a few words in respect of sections 439 ......ore disposal of these applications, it is necessary to say a few words in respect of sections 439 and 439A of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In the Code of Criminal Procedure, as it was before the amendment made by the Law Reform Ordinance 1978, there was no section 439A. The insertion of sectio......er made by the Sessions Judge under section 439A of the Code. The application is, accordingly summarily rejected for lack of jurisdiction. Mohammad Golam Rabbani J I agree ..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 76
Sher Ali (Md) and other Vs. State, 1994, 23 CLC (AD)
.... of the High Court Division was passed on 21 November 1993 in Criminal Revision No. 2054 of 1993, which was heard along with two other revision cases. Facts of this case are very simple. A first information report was lodged against the accused- appellants and others alleging that they had, by t......s been given power of revision under section 439(l) of the Code. Under this section the High Court Division may exercise, in its discretion, any of die powers conferred on a Court of Appeal. By an amendment brought in by Ordinance No. 49 of 1978, with effect from 1 June 1979, this power has also......llate Division must be obeyed without any criticism and comments as has been done in the present case. Ed. This case is also reported in: 46 DLR (AD) (1994) 67 ..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 98
Sonali Bank Vs. Karnaphuli Works Ltd., 1993, 22 CLC (AD)
....Judgment November 29, 1993. Result: The appeal is dismissed. The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (III of 1930), section 61 (2) The Contract Act, 1872 (IX of 1872), section 73 The order for payment of Taka 33 lac is covered both by the general principles governing payment of interest f......ation as per the existing bank rate when the sum due to the plaintiff was ascertainable by the Court after hearing the parties. Ed. This case is also reported in: 46 DLR (AD) (1994) 55. ......ion of the suit. Mr. Asrarul Hossain, teamed Counsel for the defendant-appellant (here‑in‑after defendant) contends that the Court got no power; and Kh. Mahbubuddin Ahmed, learned Counsel for the plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter plaintiff) contends that the Court certainly got such powers but, ..Category: Business or Commercial Law | Date: | Hits: 128