The High Court today (September 20, 2022) issued a rule asking the respondents to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to give Tk 60 lakh as compensation to the family of Saleh Ahmed, who went missing after falling into an open drain in Chattogram in August last year.
The High Court has ordered an initial compensation of Tk 500,000 for the baby who was born on the highway just after her parents and 6-year-old sister were run over by a truck in a fatal road accident in Mymensingh.
The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking Bangladesh Bar Council to explain why it should not be directed to conduct a fair and impartial inquiry into the recent controversy centring the huge amount of legal fees reportedly taken by a Supreme Court lawyer.