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AG tells HC he isn’t aware of any oxygen crisis in hospitals
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Attorney General AM Amin Uddin today told the High Court that he does not know whether there is any oxygen crisis in the hospitals of the country.
Nobody has complained that there is any crisis of oxygen supply in hospitals, he told the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir during a hearing.
The bench wanted to hear his opinion on this issue when Ishrat Hasan, a Supreme Court lawyer, prayed to the court to permit her to file a writ petition seeking its directive on the government to ensure adequate supply of oxygen to hospitals by supplying to industries on a limited scale to save patients lives.
Attempted Murder: SC clears way of trial of magistrates, ex-DC
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A lower court can now continue the trial proceedings of a case that accused former Kurigram deputy commissioner Sultana Parvin, three executive magistrates, and several ansar members of attempting to murder a journalist in March, 2020.
The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court concerned.
The SC dismissed a leave to appeal petition, filed by one of the executive magistrates Nazim Uddin, that challenged the trial proceedings of the case.
Nazim s petition sought stay on the proceedings, saying that a departmental proceeding had already been initiated against him and he was not involved in assaulting journalist Ariful Islam.
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Writ petition filed for digitisation of marriage, divorce registrations
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A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking its directive on the government to digitise marriage and divorce registrations to save people from fraudulence.
Rights organisation Aid for Men Foundation and three victims collectively submitted the petition to the office concerned of the HC through lawyer Ishrat Hasan.
In the petition, the lawyer prayed to the court to ask secretaries of the ministries of law, information and technology and religious affairs, and Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission s chairman for taking necessary measures to this effect.