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Supreme Court Online Bulletin (Law Report) 2018 Editors Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif Citation: 10 SCOB [2018] AD 10 SCOB [2018] HCD Supreme Court of Bangladesh Published by: Dr. Md. Zakir Hossain Registrar General Supreme Court of Bangladesh Research Co-ordinator: Md. Saifur Rahman Special Officer High Court Division Research Associates: Md. Shamim Sufi Research and Reference Officer (Senior Assistant Judge) Appellate Division Motasim Billah Assistant Registrar (Judicial) (Senior Assistant Judge) High Court Division Sanjida Sarwar Assistant Registrar (Bench and Decree) (Senior Assistant Judge) High Court Division Mitful Islam Assistant Registrar (Court Keeping) (Senior Assistant Judge) High Court Division Syed Mostafa Reza Noor Assistant Registrar (Finance) (Senior Assistant Judge) High Court Division Md. Harun Reza Assistant Registrar (Budget) (Senior Assistant Judge) High Court Division Contact: [email protected] Copyright © 2017 Copyright © 2018 Supreme Court of Bangladesh All Rights Reserved Supreme Court of Bangladesh Honorable Chief Justice Mr. Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain Honorable Judges of the Appellate Division 1. Mr. Justice Muhammad Imman Ali 2. Mr. Justice Hasan Foez Siddique 3. Mr. Justice Mirza Hussain Haider Honorable Judges of the High Court Division 1. Mr. Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain 2. Mr. Justice Tariq ul Hakim 3. Madam Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury 4. Mr. Justice Md. Abu Tariq 5. Madam Justice Zinat Ara 6. Mr. Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz 7. Mr. Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed 8. Mr. Justice Md. Miftah Uddin Choudhury 9. Mr. Justice A.K.M. Asaduzzaman 10. Mr. Justice Md. Ashfaqul Islam 11. Mr. Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury 12. Mr. Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury 13. Mr. Justice Md. Emdadul Huq 14. Mr. Justice Md. Rais Uddin 15. Mr. Justice Md. Emdadul Haque Azad 16. Mr. Justice Md. Ataur Rahman Khan 17. Mr. Justice Syed Mohammad Ziaul Karim 18. Mr. Justice Md. Rezaul Haque 19. Mr. Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal 20. Mr. Justice S.M. Emdadul Hoque 21. Mr. Justice Mamnoon Rahman 22. Madam Justice Farah Mahbub 23. Mr. Justice A.K.M. Abdul Hakim 24. Mr. Justice Borhanuddin 25. Mr. Justice Soumendra Sarker 26. Mr. Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee 27. Mr. Justice Md. Nuruzzaman 28. Mr. Justice Md. Moinul Islam Chowdhury 29. Mr. Justice Obaidul Hassan 30. Mr. Justice M. Enayetur Rahim 31. Mr. Justice Naima Haider 32. Mr. Justice Md. Rezaul Hasan 33. Mr. Justice Md. Faruque (M. Faruque) 34. Mr. Justice Md. Shawkat Hossain 35. Mr. Justice F.R.M. Nazmul Ahsan 36. Justice Krishna Debnath 37. Mr. Justice A.N.M. Bashirullah 38. Mr. Justice Abdur Rob 39. Mr. Justice Dr. Quazi Reza-ul Hoque 40. Mr. Justice Md. Abu Zafor Siddique 41. Mr. Justice A.K.M. Zahirul Hoque 42. Mr. Justice Jahangir Hossain 43. Mr. Justice Sheikh Md. Zakir Hossain 44. Mr. Justice Md. Habibul Gani 45. Mr. Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore 46. Mr. Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif 47. Mr. Justice J.B.M. Hassan 48. Mr. Justice Md. Ruhul Quddus 49. Mr. Justice Md. Khasruzzaman 50. Mr. Justice Farid Ahmed 51. Mr. Justice Md. Nazrul Islam Talukder 52. Mr. Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha 53. Mr. Justice Md. Akram Hossain Chowdhury 54. Mr. Justice Md. Ashraful Kamal 55. Mr. Justice S. H. Md. Nurul Huda Jaigirdar 56. Mr. Justice K. M. Kamrul Kader 57. Mr. Justice Md. Mozibur Rahman Miah 58. Mr. Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam 59. Mr. Justice Mohammad Ullah 60. Mr. Justice Muhammad KhurshidAlam Sarkar 61. Mr. Justice A. K. M. Shahidul Huq 62. Mr. Justice Shahidul Karim 63. Mr. Justice Md. Jahangir Hossain 64. Mr. Justice Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman 65. Mr. Justice Ashish Ranjan Das 66. Mr. Justice Mahmudul Hoque 67. Mr. Justice Md. Badruzzaman 68. Mr. Justice Zafar Ahmed 69. Mr. Justice Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo 70. Mr. Justice Md. Shahinur Islam 71. Mr. Justice Kashefa Hussain 72. Mr. Justice S.M. Mozibur Rahman 73. Mr. Justice Amir Hossain 74. Mr. Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury 75. Mr. Justice Razik-Al-Jalil 76. Mr. Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty 77. Mr. Justice Md. Iqbal Kabir 78. Mr. Justice Md. Salim 79. Mr. Justice Md. Shohrowardi 80. Mr. Justice Md. Abu Ahmed Jamadar 81. Mr. Justice A. S. M. Abdul Mobin 82. Mr. Justice Md. Mostafizur Rahman 83. Mr. Justice Fatema Najib 84. Mr. Justice Md. Kamrul Hossain Mollah 85. Mr. Justice S M Kuddus Zaman 86. Mr. Justice Md. Atoar Rahman 87. Mr. Justice Khizir Hayat 88. Mr. Justice Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar 89. Mr. Justice Mohammad Ali 90. Mr. Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim 91. Mr. Justice Md. Riaz Uddin Khan 92. Mr. Justice Md. Khairul Alam 93. Mr. Justice S. M. Maniruzzaman 94. Mr. Justice Ahmed Sohel 95. Mr. Justice Sardar Md. Rashed Jahangir 96. Mr. Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman 97. Mr. Justice Dr. K.M. Hafizul Alam 10 SCOB [2018] Index of Cases Appellate Division Alhaj Dr. Chowdhury Mosaddequl Isdani Vs. Abdullah Al Munsur Chowdhury & ors. (Mirza Hussain Haider, J.)....19 Bangladesh Rubber Industries & anr. Vs. Dine Ara Begum & ors. (SYED MAHMUD HOSSAIN, C. J)…………… ........1 Kamal alias Exol Kamal Vs. State (MUHAMMAD IMMAN ALI, J.) ……………………………...…....6 Md. Hafizuddin Vs. Mozaffor Mridha & ors. (Hasan Foez Siddique, J.) ........................................................12 High Court Division Bangobir Kader Siddiqui, Bir UttomVs. Chief Election Commissioner & ors. (Md. Ashfaqul Islam, J.).....84 Catherine Masud & ors. Vs. Md. Kashed Miah (Zinat Ara, J.)........................................................................30 CCB Foundation Vs. Bangladesh & ors. (Farah Mahbub, J.).........................................................................117 Eastern Diplomatic Services Vs. Anti-Corruption Commission & ors. (M. Enayetur Rahim, J.)................198 Farhana Akhter Liza & ors. Vs. The Islamic University & ors. (Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury, J.)..............92 Grameenphone Ltd. Vs. Chairman, First Labour Court, Dhaka & ors. (Tariq ul Hakim, J.).........................7 Hayetullah & ors. Vs. Abdul Khaleque & ors. (Khizir Ahmed Choudhury,J.)................................................309 Md. Abdul Hye Vs. Government of Bangladesh (Obaidul Hassan, J.)...........................................................163 Md. Kawsar Shikder Vs. State (Abu Bakar Siddiquee, J.)................................................................................158 Md. Mahbubur Rahman Vs. Bangladesh & ors.(Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury, J.)........................................104 Md. Nur Hossain & ors. Vs. Bangladesh & ors.(Md. Badruzzaman, J.).........................................................299 Md. Nurul Islam & ors. Vs. Charge Officer & Appeal officer & ors. (Sheikh Hassan Arif, J.)………….…234 Md. Safiqul Islam & ors. Vs. Bangladesh & ors..(Tariq ul Hakim, J.)................................................................1 Md. Shamim Howlader Vs. The State (Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar, J.)............................................290 Moulana Md. Abdul Hakim Vs. Bangladesh & ors. (Syed Refaat Ahmed, J.)……………………………… ..71 Muhammad Imrul Hasan & ors. Vs. Bangladesh & ors. (Tariq ul Hakim, J.)................................................18 Naripokkho & ors. Vs. Bangladesh & ors. (Farah Mahbub, J.)......................................................................140 Professor M. Samsul Alam Vs. Government of Bangladesh (Naima Haider, J.)...........................................205 State Vs. Md. Manik (Bhabani Prasad Singha, J.)............................................................................................259 State Vs. Md. Saiful Islam & another (Md. Ruhul Quddus, J.)........................................................................249 Cases of the Appellate Division Sl. Name of the Parties Key Word Short Ratio No. and Citation 1. Alhaj Dr. Persona In legal parlance the expression “persona Chowdhury Designata designa” means a person who has been Mosaddequl Isdani described in a statute or a legal Vs. Abdullah Al instrument by his official designation, Munsur Chowdhury and his function may be judicial or may & ors. not be so. But if the function of the (Mirza Hussain Haider, J.) designated person is judicial in character then he is nothing but a “court” even 10 SCOB [2018] AD though he is not described as a court but 19 by official designation. The test is the power and function he has to discharge. 2. Bangladesh Rubber Dissolution of Having considered the cases cited above, Industries & anr. Vs. partnership we find that a deed of dissolution of Dine Ara Begum & partnership is not required to be ors. (SYED MAHMUD registered under section 17 of the HOSSAIN, C. J) Registration Act because the share of a partner in a partnership is essentially 10 SCOB [2018] AD moveable property notwithstanding that a 1 part of the partnership property may be immovable. 3. Md. Hafizuddin Vs. Basic Principles Three basic principles governed the Mozaffor Mridha & of Waqf waqf: the trust was required to be ors. irrevocable, perpetual, and inalienable. (Hasan Foez Siddique, J. Once property was declared waqf by its owner, the trust thereby created was 10 SCOB [2018] AD irrevocable. It means (i) inalienable lands 6 used for charitable purposes and (ii) pious endowments. 4. Kamal alias Exol Commutation of On the question of commutation of the Kamal Vs. State Sentence sentence, we are to take into (MUHAMMAD IMMAN ALI, J.) consideration the heinousness of the offence committed in juxtaposition with 10 SCOB [2018] AD the mitigating circumstances. It is by 12 now established that in Bangladesh the sentence for the offence of murder is death which may be reduced to one of imprisonment of