UNB, Dhaka

The Supreme Court pronounces its crucial judgment today on government appeal challenging a year-old High Court ruling that it has the jurisdiction to dispose of petitions by persons seeking bail in criminal cases under the stringent Emergency Power Rules (EPR) 2007.
On April 22 last year, a High Court division bench comprising Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury and Justice SM Emdadul Huq in its verdict had affirmed that it has the locus standi to dispose of petition by any person seeking bail in the EPR cases. [Read more]