Govt, BERC asked to report on fixing solar energy tariff
Staff Correspondent | Published: 18:58, Jun 01,2021
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government and Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to report it within 60 days what steps they had taken for fixing the tariff for solar energy.
A bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir issued the directive after hearing a writ petition filed by Consumers Association of Bangladesh.
The court also issued a ruling asking the secretary of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources and BERC chairman to explain in four weeks why their inaction in fixing tariff for solar mini-grid electricity would not be declared illegal.
He said the HC may hold hearing on the petitions today.
On May 25, the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir upheld the lower court order that asked ACC to freeze bank accounts and seize documents of properties of AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin in two corruption cases.
The bench rejected two appeals filed by Awal and Laila, challenging the Dhaka court orders, on the grounds that they were late in filing the appeals.
The HC bench, however, asked them to move petitions in a proper way under Section 561 (A) of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1898.
The High Court today cleared the way for authorities concerned to continue the MBBS admission process for the academic session 2020-21. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir rejected a writ petition that sought an order from the government to suspend the MBBS admission process for the academic session 2020-21, claiming the merit list as
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HC upholds lower court orders for freezing bank accounts of ex-MP Awal, his wife
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The High Court today upheld orders of a lower court that asked Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze bank accounts and seize documents of properties of former lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife in two corruption cases.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Sardar Md Rashed Jahangir, summarily rejected two separate appeals filed by Awal and his wife Laila Parvin challenging orders of a Dhaka court, on the ground that they were much late in filing the appeals.