Apex court upholds HC orders to stop activities of MAAR Ltd in Habiganj
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The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that asked the government to stop the operations of Maizea Advance Agro Refinery (MAAR) Limited, a dry starch powder producing company, for polluting environment at Shahpur area in Habiganj s Madhabpur upazila.
A six-member bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain dismissed a leave to appeal petition filed by MAAR Limited challenging the HC directive.
Following a writ petition filed by Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela), the HC on March 15 this year ordered the government to immediately stop the functions of MAAR Limited.
United Hospital fire: SC asks to pay Tk 25 lakh initially to each victim’s family
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The Supreme Court has directed United Hospital authorities today to pay as initial payment Tk 25 lakh each to the families of four victims who were killed in a fire at the hospital s isolation unit on May 27 last year.
United Hospital will have to pay Tk 25 lakh in 30 days from the date of receiving the apex court order. Otherwise, it will be in contempt of court, United Hospital s lawyer Mustafizur Rahman Khan told The Daily Star.
Utd Hospital Fire: Pay Tk 25 lakh each to families of 4 victims
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The Supreme Court yesterday directed the United Hospital to pay Tk 25 lakh each in initial payment to the families of the four patients killed in a fire at its Covid-19 isolation unit on May 27 last year.
The hospital must pay the families within 30 days of receiving the apex court order, or be accused of contempt of court, the hospital s lawyer Mustafizur Rahman Khan told The Daily Star.
A full bench of the Appellate Division of the SC, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, issued the order after hearing the leave to appeal petition filed by the hospital authorities challenging a High Court order that had asked United to pay Tk 30 lakh to each of the victim s families.
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A total of 17,056 under-trial prisoners, including 190 minors, were released from jails after they secured bail from virtual courts across the country in nine working days till yesterday (Sunday).
The courts disposed of a total of 30,500 bail petitions during the period, Supreme Court Spokesman Md Saifur Rahman said in a statement today.
He said the subordinate courts have disposed of a total of 3,652 bail petitions in connection with different criminal cases via virtual hearings and granted bail to 1,831 under-trial prisoners yesterday (Sunday).
Saifur, however, could not say how many people, including minors, are now detained in custody while this correspondent contacted him.