7,204 under-trial prisoners released on bail in 3 working days Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A total of 7,204 under-trial prisoners have been released from jail after they secured bail from virtual courts across the country in the last three working days.
Supreme Court Spokesman Md Saifur Rahman in a statement said the subordinate courts have disposed of 3,986 bail petitions in connection with different criminal cases through virtual hearings and granted bail to 2,360 under-trial prisoners yesterday.
With yesterday s bail orders, a total of 7,204 people received bail from the subordinate courts across the country on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, he said.
The regular activities of courts across the country including the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court are suspended due to the ongoing rapid surge of Covid-19 cases and deaths. The closures are scheduled to continue till April 21.
The SC administration issued three separate notifications today to this effect.
The notifications upheld the earlier decisions saying that Court No-1 of the Appellate Division (a full bench of the Appellate Division headed by the chief justice) will run judicial functions from 9:30 am to 12 pm on every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday and its chamber judge will deal with cases from 11 am on every Monday and Wednesday.
Four High Court benches three-division benches (two-judge) and a single-member (one judge) out of total 52 will perform judicial functions virtually to deal with the urgent writ, civil, criminal, company, and admiralty related petitions.
Covid-19 pandemic: CJ reconstitutes SC benches to deal with urgent cases Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has reconstituted some benches of the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court for virtually hearing and disposing of urgent cases to deal with the changed situation amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Two separate notifications were issued by the SC administration to this effect today.
A notification said Court No-1 of the Appellate Division (a full bench of the Appellate Division headed by the chief justice) will run judicial functions from 9:30am to 12pm every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday and its chamber judge will deal with the cases from 11am every Monday and Wednesday.