High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh

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The High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh is the higher judicial body that primarily hears constitutional, civil, and criminal matters and exercises judicial review over laws and executive actions in Bangladesh.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
high court ⓘ
appealFrom Administrative tribunals of Bangladesh ⓘ
District Courts of Bangladesh ⓘ
Sessions Courts of Bangladesh ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy President of Bangladesh ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 102 of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
Article 94 of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Part VI of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
countryCapital Dhaka ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ⓘ
established 1972 ⓘ
function exercises judicial review of executive actions ⓘ
exercises judicial review of laws ⓘ
hears appeals from subordinate courts ⓘ
issues writs for enforcement of fundamental rights ⓘ
handles public interest litigation in Bangladesh ⓘ
hasDivision civil jurisdiction ⓘ
constitutional jurisdiction ⓘ
criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
hasMember judges of the High Court Division ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of Bangladesh ⓘ
hears civil matters ⓘ
constitutional matters ⓘ
criminal matters ⓘ
writ petitions ⓘ
higherCourt Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
judgeQualification at least ten years’ experience as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh or in judicial office ⓘ
judgeQualification citizen of Bangladesh ⓘ
jurisdiction Bangladesh ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalSystem legal system of Bangladesh ⓘ
legalTradition common law ⓘ
locatedIn Dhaka District ⓘ
Dhaka Division ⓘ
Supreme Court premises, Ramna, Dhaka ⓘ
location Dhaka ⓘ
partOf Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
power rule-making power for subordinate courts ⓘ
superintendence over all courts and tribunals subordinate to it ⓘ
writ jurisdiction ⓘ
presidingOfficer Chief Justice of Bangladesh ⓘ
role guardian of the Constitution of Bangladesh ⓘ
protector of fundamental rights in Bangladesh ⓘ
seat Dhaka ⓘ
subordinateTo Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Bangladesh → hasPart → High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
Supreme Court of Bangladesh → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
Supreme Court of Bangladesh → hasDivision → High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
Chief Justice of Bangladesh → oversees → High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh → higherCourtOver → High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh → bindingPrecedentFor → High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ
Bangladesh Supreme Court complex → houses → High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ⓘ