Formation | 2009 |
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Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Website | Law and Justice Division |
Law and Justice Division (Bengali : আইন ও বিচার বিভাগ) is a Bangladesh government division under the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs responsible for managing the judicial apparatus of Bangladesh. [1] Md. Golam Sarwar is the secretary in charge of the Law and Justice Division. [2]
In December 2009, the Government of Bangladesh, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, divided the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs into the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division and Law and Justice Division. [3]
On 29 July 2018, Law and Justice Division launched the Justice Audit Bangladesh in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center. The purpose of the audit is to examine the judicial services of Bangladesh. [4] [5] The government of Bangladesh allocated 17.4 billion taka for the Law and Justice Division for the 2020-2021 budget session. [6]
On 6 March 2020, Bangladesh High Court asked the Secretary of the law and justice division to explain why Md Abdul Mannan, Sessions Judge of Pirojpur, was removed from his position. The court observed that the Judge was removed few hours after sentencing former Government Minister and Member of Parliament, A. K. M. A. Awal Saydur Rahman, and his wife in a corruption case. The judge also questioned if the transfer was an infringement of the judicial independence and why it should not be declared illegal. [7] [8]
The Constitution of Bangladesh is the supreme law of Bangladesh. Adopted by the 'controversial' and virtually "one-party" Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh on 4 November 1972, it came into effect on 16 December 1972. The Constitution establishes Bangladesh as a unitary parliamentary republic. Directly borrowing from the four tenets of Mujibism, the political ideology of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the constitution states nationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism as its four fundamental principles.
Supreme Court of Bangladesh is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, and was created by Part VI Chapter I of the Constitution of Bangladesh adopted in 1972. This is also the office of the Chief Justice, Appellate Division Justices, and High Court Division Justices of Bangladesh. As of August 2024, there are 6 Justices in Appellate Division and 78 Justices in High Court Division.
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