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Table of Contents Annual Report 2001-2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS No. of Pages PREFACE SUMMARY OF THE REPORT ......................................................................1 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................3 Chapter 2 BLAST AT A GLANCE...................................................................................6 2.1. Organisational Profile.........................................................................6 2.2 Activity Profile.......................................................................................7 2.3 Networking Profile...............................................................................9 2.4 Donor Agencies.................................................................................. 10 Chapter 3 OBJECTIVES................................................................................................... 11 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF BLAST ..................................... 13 5.1. Formation............................................................................................ 13 5.2. Board of Trustees.............................................................................. 13 5.3. Head Office and Unit Offices......................................................... 14 5.4. Management of the Unit Offices.................................................... 15 5.5. Personnel............................................................................................. 16 5.6. The Library......................................................................................... 20 Chapter 6 ACTIVITIES OF BLAST - OVERVIEW..................................................... 23 6.1. Legal Aid Activities.......................................................................... 24 6.1.i. Complaints Received............................................................... 25 6.1.ii. Cases filed.................................................................................. 30 6.1.iii. Mediation.................................................................................. 39 6.2. Lawyers Engaged.............................................................................. 40 Chapter 7 LEGAL AID AND SERVICES RENDERED BY UNIT OFFICES ........ 48 7.1. The Head Office................................................................................. 48 7.2. Unit Offices and Legal Aid Clinics................................................ 53 7.2.i. Barisal Divisional Unit.............................................................. 53 0 Annual Report 2001-2002 7.2.ii. Bogra District Unit.................................................................... 56 7.2.iii. Chittagong Divisional Unit................................................... 59 7.2. iv. Comilla District Unit.............................................................. 62 7.2. v. Dhaka Divisional Unit............................................................ 64 7.2. vi Jessore District Unit............................................................... 67 7.2. Vii Khulna Divisional Unit....................................................... 70 7.2.viii Mymensingh District Unit.................................................. 73 7.2. ix Noakhali District Unit........................................................... 76 7.2. x. Rajshahi Divisional Unit...................................................... 78 7.2. xi Rangpur District Unit............................................................ 82 7.2. xii Sylhet Divisional Unit.......................................................... 84 7.2. xiii Patuakhali District Unit...................................................... 87 7.2. xiv Pabna District Unit............................................................... 88 7.2. xv Tangail District Unit............................................................. 90 7.2. xvi Faridpur District Unit.......................................................... 91 7.2. xvii Kushtia District Unit............................................................ 78 7.2. xviii Dinajpur District Unit........................................................ 92 7.3 LEGAL AID CLINICS....................................................................... 92 7.3.i Gopibagh Clinic.......................................................................... 93 7.3.ii Mohammadpur Clinic.............................................................. 94 7.3.iii Chittagong Clinic...................................................................... 94 Chapter 8 STAFF TRAINING, WORKSHOP, SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE ........... 97 8.1. Staff Training and Development................................................... 97 8.1.i. Training/Workshop/ Seminar / Conference Organised by Other Organisation:............................................................................ 97 8.1.ii. Training/Workshop/ Seminar / Conference Organised / Facilitated by BLAST.......................................................................... 98 Annexure 1 List of Engaged Lawyer reporting year.................................................... 99 Annexure - 2 List of Management Committee............................................................... 115 Appendix A.................................................................................................. 123 BLAST DIRECTORY ...........................................................123 1 Annual Report 2001-2002 SUMMARY OF THE REPORT 1. Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) provides free legal services to the poor and marginalised sections of the society through the judicial system of the country. It has now established Unit Offices in 18 districts and 3 Legal Aid Clinics along with Head office of Dhaka. 2. In the reporting year April, 2001 to March, 2002, BLAST has received 4,447 complaints and 1,599 complaints were carried over from the previous year, making a total of 6,046 complaints. During this period BLAST has organised a total of 1,657 mediations out of which 782 complaints have already been settled. A total of Taka 2,614,364.00 have been recovered through the mediations. 3. A total of 2,157 cases were filed in the Supreme Court and various District and Subordinate Courts of the country. 5,384 cases were carried over from the previous year, which gives a total of 7,541 cases that have been dealt with during this period, out of which 2,225 cases have already been decided. Of these 2,225 cases, court verdicts of 1,000 cases went in favour of our clients and the verdicts of 169 cases went against our clients. 535 cases were dismissed for default and 521 cases were compromised by the clients. By the end of March, 2002, 5,316 cases remained pending for disposal at various stages of the judicial process at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and at various District and Subordinate Courts of the country. Out of 2,157 new cases, 1,921 were filed by different Units during the reporting period while the head office filed another 163 cases in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The head office also filed 73 cases in various District and Subordinate Courts of the country. 4. In the reporting year, BLAST engaged 795 lawyers from different parts of the country to litigate on behalf of its clients/ beneficiaries. 5. The three Legal Aid Clinics in Gopibag, Mohammadpur in Dhaka city and Hathazari in Chittagong, have undertaken substantial legal literacy and awareness campaigns and arranged mediations of local disputes. During the reporting year, Legal Aid Clinics dealt with 401 complaints, initiated 276 mediations, 145 complaints have 2 Annual Report 2001-2002 been settled through the mediations. The clinics were also able to reach 6,964 persons through the literacy and awareness campaigns. 6. During the reporting year, BLAST arranged 2 Seminars which were participated by 350 lawyers and law students. It also arranged 1 Training Programme on Good Prison Management for 20 Prison Personnel. 7. During the reporting year the Public Interest Litigation cell has filed 6 cases (see annex for details). 3 cases have already been settled. Moreover, several issues of public concern have been identified in consultation with a number of NGOs. BLAST is now preparing to undertake appropriate legal actions regarding these issues. 8. During the reporting year, the labour cell has dealt with 247 complaints. Out of these 247 complaints, 35 complaints have already been settled through mediation and 59 cases were filed in the Labour court of Bangladesh. 9. In dealing with 7,541 cases there were 7,541 direct beneficiaries of legal aid in litigation activities during the reporting year. However, in most of these cases, the number of actual beneficiaries is much more. For example, in a case for maintenance of a deserted wife, it is not only the plaintiff-wife who benefits but also her children (in almost all of our maintenance cases children were also involved). Other earning members of her family also benefit, since in the absence of maintenance from her husband these members usually bear the cost. Similarly, in other cases, the beneficiary recorded in our registrars may be one individual, but successful outcomes of the litigation directly and immediately benefits the whole family. Also in mediations, both sides benefit. The collective benefits of Public Interest Litigation (related to environment, consumer rights, housing rights, good economic and political governance etc) are very clear and may not need further elaboration. In general, by enabling
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