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Bakth Bibi Vs. Bangladesh, 1992, 21 CLC (HCD)
....ernment are without authority and of no legal effect. I, therefore, agree with the order proposed to be passed by my learned brother. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 105. ...... in which Mr. Badrul Haider Chowdhury, J as his Lordship was then, traced the history of the gradual development of interpretation of "abandoned property" appearing in Article 2 of PO 16 of 1972. The principle that has been settled in these cases culminating in Ispahani's case is that clause (1) of ......nder Article 102 of the Constitution is directed against the judgment and order dated 7.3.89 passed by the Court of Settlement in Case No.1022 of 1987. The case was filed by the petitioner Bakht Bibi for the release of a three‑storied building at 93, Chatteswary Road, Chittagong, from the list of ......ernment are without authority and of no legal effect. I, therefore, agree with the order proposed to be passed by my learned brother. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 105. ..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 73
Category: Others | Date: | Hits: 128
Nazir Ahmed and others Vs. Md. Hazee Kalu, 1989, 18 CLC (HCD)
.... other point in support of the appeal. There is no substance in this appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. No order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 43 DLR (1991) 75. ......he finding lower Appellate Court committed an error or defect in procedure or error of law. The finding of fact of the first Appellate Court is final, if the finding is based on proper evidence. This principle of law is well established. It is pertinent to refer to the case of Pathana Vs. Mst. Wasai......a while in possession as owner of the said land by 3 registered kabalas, Exts. 1, 1(e) and 1 (b) sold 6 acres of land to the plaintiffs and delivered possession thereof to him. Since purchase of the aforesaid land (described in schedule 2 to the plaint) the plaintiff was in possession by cultivating...... other point in support of the appeal. There is no substance in this appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. No order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 43 DLR (1991) 75. ..Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 66
Adamjee Sons Limited Vs. Jiban Bima Corporation, 1992, 21 CLC (HCD)
....nt one. In view of my discussion, I am led to hold that the appeal must fail. In the result, the appeal is dismissed with costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 89. ......n the assumption that the proceedings were before a competent tribunal he cannot be allowed to argue that the whole proceedings were coram non judice. On facts of the instant case we are to apply the principle laid down in those cases to the case before us. On reference to the agreement in the case ...... 75 of 1983. Judgment AM Mahmudur Rahman J.- This appeal is against an ex‑parte decree passed in Title Suit No.467 of 1982 making the Award made by the Arbitrator a rule of the court. 2. Before I proceed to deliver the judgment I am impelled to make certain observation on the conduct of t......nt one. In view of my discussion, I am led to hold that the appeal must fail. In the result, the appeal is dismissed with costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 89. ..Category: Alternative Dispute Resolution | Date: | Hits: 174
Bulu and others Vs. State, 1992, 21 CLC (HCD)
....evelled against them. It is directed that they should be set at liberty forthwith, if not wanted in connection with any other case. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 79. ......obabilities and incongruities for which it cannot be accepted for the purpose of finding the accused appellants guilty of the charges of a capital sentence though the learned Advocate concedes to the principle of law that section 32 of the Evidence Act the dying declaration, if it is found free from......d appellants (1) Sohel and (2) Manu in Criminal Appeal No.500 of 1990 along with others have been convicted on 14.4.90 under sections 302/34 of the Penal Code and sentenced thereunder to imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Tk. 2,000.00 each, in default, to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one y......evelled against them. It is directed that they should be set at liberty forthwith, if not wanted in connection with any other case. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 79. ..Category: Criminal Law | Date: | Hits: 83
Tobarak Ali Sikder Vs. Administrator of Waqfs, 1992, 21 CLC (HCD)
....the Waqf Ordinance is without jurisdiction and has, therefore, no legal effect. The parties are to bear their own costs in this case. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 70.......The mutwalli has a right to be heard and to reply to the allegations made against him, specially when this right has been given in the proviso of the section. It has always been considered a cardinal principle of interpretation of any deed or statute that a proviso to a section will have an over‑r......'D') passed the Administrator of Waqfs, excluding Tobarak Sikder from the mutwalliship of Al‑Haj Mohammad Yousuf Sardar (Gausia Market) Waqf Estate and approving a Special Committee of five persons for the management of the said Waqf for a period of two years. An order was also passed staying the ......the Waqf Ordinance is without jurisdiction and has, therefore, no legal effect. The parties are to bear their own costs in this case. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 70...Category: Trust/Waqf Law | Date: | Hits: 157
Ajiran Nessa Bewa and others Vs. Md. Abdul Mannan, 1992, 21 CLC (HCD)
....assed by the learned Munsif, Sreebordi, in OC Execution Case No.13 of 1984 is set aside and the execution case is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 66, 29 BLD 323.......s a special penalty and is not a specific method of execution of a decree in terms of the decree. 18. I have already answered partly against these reasons. The second reason sounds good as a broad principle, but does not, as indicated by me, fit in with the provisions of the Code. The third reaso......he judgment and order dated 29.5.85 passed by the learned Munsif, Sreebordi, in OC Execution Case No.13 of 1984. 2. The opposite‑party Md. Abdul Mannan, a minor, through his father, filed a suit for permanent injunction against the petitioner No.1 Ajiran Nessa Bewa and her three sons, the other......assed by the learned Munsif, Sreebordi, in OC Execution Case No.13 of 1984 is set aside and the execution case is dismissed. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 66, 29 BLD 323...Category: Procedural Law | Date: | Hits: 95
Bangladesh Vs. Abdul Wahab & others, 1991, 20 CLC (HCD)
.... taken his Lordship Mr. Justice Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury. In the result, the Rule is discharged without any order as to cost. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 30. ...... the petitioner was in the matter of prosecuting the appeal. 17. In my view in the present case question raised is really vital to parties and is also of importance because it raises a question of principle. Discretion to be used beyond the, prescribed period of limitation is well settled. It sho......and Mr. Justice Abdul Hasib and as their Lordships failed to return an unanimous verdict, their Lordships entered into dissenting judgment. It is under this circumstances that the matter was placed before the learned Chief Justice for passing an appropriate order and the learned Chief Justice has re...... taken his Lordship Mr. Justice Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury. In the result, the Rule is discharged without any order as to cost. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 45 DLR (HCD) (1993) 30. ..Category: Procedural Law | Date: | Hits: 87
Category: Property Law | Date: | Hits: 91
Munshi Amiruddin Ahmed Vs. Begum Shamsun Nahar, 1994, 23 CLC (HCD)
....dge in refusing for ejectment in favour of the plaintiff petitioner. In the result, the Rule is discharged without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Referred to: 48 DLR (1996) 21. ......pay rent for ten months within the due date and became technically a defaulter aforesaid practice recognised in the agreement Ext. 'Kha’ between the parties can be taken notice of by the Court as a principle of promissory estoppel debarring landlord, plaintiff to go beyond the terms of his agreeme......le at the instance of the plaintiff-petitioner is against judgment and decree dated 19.11.91 passed by the Assistant Judge, 3rd Court, Dhaka in Small Cause Court Suit No.3 of 1991 dismissing the suit for ejectment. 2. Petitioner as Plaintiff filed the aforesaid Small Cause Court Suit against the ......dge in refusing for ejectment in favour of the plaintiff petitioner. In the result, the Rule is discharged without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Referred to: 48 DLR (1996) 21. ..Category: Tenancy Law | Date: | Hits: 167
Aftab Uddin (Md.) Vs. Bangladesh, 1995, 24 CLC (HCD)
.... Majumder, the learned Advocates for the petitioner. The prayer for staying operation of the order be stated for one month from this date. Ed. This Case is also Referred to: 48 DLR (1996) 1. ......es of State Policy act as guide to the interpretation of the Constitution and other laws of Bangladesh in view of clause (2) of Article 8 of the Constitution which provides as follows: "8. (2) The principles set out in this Part shall be fundamental to the governance of Bangladesh, shall be appli......ng Notification No. সমা/প্রবি ১-২৯/৮৮-১৮৩ dated 31.7.94 of the Ministry of Establishment, Government of Bangladesh as at Annexure A to the application under which the aforesaid promotion was made have been called in question as ultra vires having been made without com...... Majumder, the learned Advocates for the petitioner. The prayer for staying operation of the order be stated for one month from this date. Ed. This Case is also Referred to: 48 DLR (1996) 1. ..Category: Employment/Service Law | Date: | Hits: 173
Bangladesh Vs. M/s. Mashrique Textiles and others, 1982, 11 CLC (AD)
....at the agreement be filed in Court must, however, stand. The appeal is accordingly disposed of. There will be no order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 35 DLR (AD) (1983) 66. ......at the agreement be filed in Court must, however, stand. The appeal is accordingly disposed of. There will be no order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 35 DLR (AD) (1983) 66. ......Misc. Appeal No.163 of 1977 decided by a Bench of the High Court Division on November 14, 1980. 2. Respondent No.1 instituted Title Suit No.104 of 1974 in the court of 3rd Subordinate Judge, Dacca for filing the arbitration agreement under section 20 of the Arbitration Act. There was a contract, ......istry of Industries as the sole arbitrator was changed by further amendment of this clause. He was replaced by the Secretary, Ministry of Commerce. 7. Be that as it may, the question requiring our determination involves consideration of the order of the trial court which was upheld by the High Co..Category: Alternative Dispute Resolution | Date: | Hits: 147
Zebunnessa Vs. Commissioner of Income Tax North (Zone), Dacca, 1982, 11 CLC (AD)
....ve the question of assessment open for determination by the Department in the light of the observations made above. No order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 35 DLR (AD) (1983) 56.......ve the question of assessment open for determination by the Department in the light of the observations made above. No order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 35 DLR (AD) (1983) 56.......f the Income Tax Act, filed by the assessee-appellant. The assessee, Mrs. Zebunnessa, has got a house at 119A, Dhanmandi Residential Area, Road No.2 Dacca, which she let out to the German Institute before the War of Liberation at a monthly rent of Tk. 4,000/- per month from 1st December, 1968 till 3......ed that the bona fide annual value determined by the Income Tax Officer was correct and in accordance with the statutory provision of section 9 of the Act and that the inspecting Joint Commissioners; determination of bonafide annual value at Tk.1,80,000/- is illegal and not based on any legal eviden..Category: Fiscal/Taxation Law | Date: | Hits: 88
Abdur Rahman and others Vs. Sultan ® Sultan & others, 1982, 11 CLC (AD)
....any equitable relief. In the result, therefore, this appeal is allowed with costs. The order of the High Court Division is set aside. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 35 DLR (1983) 51. ......s shown to the lawyers of the parties,” and observed: "In such circumstances the Court’s order dated 6.6.1975 suffers from a palpable error mainly, an error observance of non-observance of the principle of justice. This was an error apparent on the face of the record. The learned Munsif acted......by the Special leave is directed against the judgment and order of the High Court Division in Civil Revision No.1122 of 1977. Facts are as follows: The appellants as plaintiffs instituted a suit for partition of the suit property by metes and bounds. It was decreed in preliminary contest on 29.......any equitable relief. In the result, therefore, this appeal is allowed with costs. The order of the High Court Division is set aside. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 35 DLR (1983) 51. ..Category: Procedural Law | Date: | Hits: 72
Bangladesh & another Vs. Md. Salimullah and others, 1981, 10 CLC (AD)
....n filed, the certificate will be infructuous but in both cases the Writ Petition and the judgment of the High Court Division will not abate. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 35 DLR (1983) 1. ......one a similar change. Because of the appeals pending in this Court, the subject-matter of this dispute has become sub-judice and in my humble judgment, therefore, the appeals are not taken out of the principle laid down in Dosso's case and ought to be rejected as having abated." 37. It appears t......ate-on Record - For the Respondents (In Civil Petition No. 30 of 1982). Not represented - Respondents (In Civil Petition Nos. 9 of 1981). Civil Appeal No. 90 of 1981 and Civil Petitions for Special Leave to Appeal Nos. 30, 31 and 68 of 1982 and 9 of 1981. Judgment Fazle Munim CJ......e of all powers enabling me in this behalf, I, Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad do hereby further declare that:- 2. The operative provisions of the Proclamation which are relevant to the determination of the question before this Court are as follows: “a ..............................Category: Constitutional Law | Date: | Hits: 181
Md. Wasiq Khan Vs. Md. Sabiq Khan and others, 1978, 7 CLC (AD)
.... with costs. The decisions of the courts below are set aside. The Miscellaneous case before the court below shall proceed as usual. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 31 DLR (AD) (1979) 51. ......"to indulge in the luxury of pursuing the other remedy". The remedy under Order 9, rule 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure disappears only upon the disposal of the appeal and on merit when on the principle of merger the Court of first instance loses its jurisdiction to hear the Miscellaneous......nt passed by the High Court Division in Civil Revision No. 1177 of 1976 discharging the Rule and upholding the judgment and order of the Subordinate Judge rejecting the prayer of the appellant for hearing of the Miscellaneous Case under Order 9, rule 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure. 2.......atter to be considered in an appeal from the ex parte decree, the one being concerned with the due service of summons or the prevention of appearance for sufficient cause and the other would be determination of the merits of the controversy between the parties. In 28 CWN 795 this point has bee..Category: Procedural Law | Date: | Hits: 80
Monjur Morshed Chowdhury & Others. Vs. Haji Abul Kashem Sawdgar & Others, 2010, 39 CLC (AD)
....l is dismissed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 63 DLR (AD) (2011) 83, 31 BLD (AD) (2011) 97, 8 LG (2011) AD 109, VIII ADC (2011) 319, 16 MLR (AD) (2011) 225. ...... conclusive evidence of the sententia legis. They must in general take it absolutely for granted that the legislature has said what it meant, and meant what it has said. Ita scriptum est is the first principle of interpretation. Judges are not at liberty to add to or take from or modify the letter......- AKM Shamsuddin Vs. Dr. Aftab Uddin Ahmed, 12 BLD (AD) 81 = 43 DLR (AD) 230; Ramjan Ali Mistry Vs. Hedayet Ullah, 31 DLR (AD) 183; AIR 1967 SC 389; Bombay Vs. United Motors, AIR 1958 (SC) 252; Seaford Court Estates Ltd. Vs. Asher (1949) 2 KB 481; Padmasundrao Rao (Dead) Vs. State of TN, AIR 2002......l is dismissed without any order as to costs. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 63 DLR (AD) (2011) 83, 31 BLD (AD) (2011) 97, 8 LG (2011) AD 109, VIII ADC (2011) 319, 16 MLR (AD) (2011) 225. ..Category: Tenancy Law | Date: | Hits: 210
Kamaluddin Ahmed Vs. Director of Trade Organisations and others, 2000, 29 CLC (HCD)
.... Rule is disposed of without any order as to costs. Send down the record at once. Let a copy of order portion be sent to DTO immediately. Ed. This Case is also Reported in:52 DLR (2000) 659. ...... Rule is disposed of without any order as to costs. Send down the record at once. Let a copy of order portion be sent to DTO immediately. Ed. This Case is also Reported in:52 DLR (2000) 659. ......ndents to show cause as to why they should not be directed to cancel the impugned resolutions dated 14-3-2000 (Annexure-‘G’) and the impugned Circular 10-5-2000 (Annexure-‘J’) not being in conformity with the provisions of the Articles of Association, in particular Articles 26 and 27, of the......ed the court for a declaration that non cancellation of the impugned resolution and circular by the DTO are illegal and without lawful authority. The respondents on the other hand, claim that for the determination of the term of the President, reliance should be placed only on Article 27 and not on ..Category: Others | Date: | Hits: 123
Giasuddin Ahmed Chowdhury Vs. Dhaka University and others, 2000, 29 CLC (HCD)
....the Senate of the Registered Graduates of Dhaka University is declared to have been made without lawful authority and is of no legal effect. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 52 DLR (2000) 650. ......ul Hosein is that, not counting of votes of centres outside Dhaka at the respective centres has exacerbated the illegality of the election process from which it suffers. He submits that the universal principle is that votes should be counted at the centres where the poll takes place, unless it is ot......acked ‘Ganatantrik Oikya Panel’ won the election of twenty-five representatives of the Register Graduates of Dhaka University, to the Senate. 3. The Senate election of the Registered Graduates for the academic year 1997-98 was first announced to be held by notification dated 25-6-97. The grad......the Senate of the Registered Graduates of Dhaka University is declared to have been made without lawful authority and is of no legal effect. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 52 DLR (2000) 650. ..Category: Election Law | Date: | Hits: 105
Janata Insurance Co. Vs. Islam Steel Mills, 2000, 29 CLC (HCD)
....in MS No.44 of 1994, MS No.45 of 1994 and MS No.46 of 1994 are hereby confirmed. Let the records be sent down without any further delay. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 52 DLR (2000) 642. ......e promissor every fact and circumstance which may influence him in deciding to enter into the contract or not. 27. The same way, the insurer (promissor) has also a duty to act in good faith as the principle is stated in the case of United India Insurance Co. Vs. MJK Corporation, [1996] 6 SCC 428....... judgment. 2. FA No.353 of 1995 was presented against judgment and decree dated 29-06-95 passed by Subordinate Judge, 2nd Court at Chittagong in Money Suit No.45 of 94 decreeing the suit with cost for Taka 28,03,624.16 together with interest on Taka 22,45,360.00 out of the decreed amount @ 15% fr......in MS No.44 of 1994, MS No.45 of 1994 and MS No.46 of 1994 are hereby confirmed. Let the records be sent down without any further delay. Ed. This Case is also Reported in: 52 DLR (2000) 642. ..Category: Business or Commercial Law | Date: | Hits: 211