Govt asked to explain why 'fatwa' would not be declared illegal
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
The High Court (HC) has ordered the government to explain why extra-judicial punishment in name of 'fatwa' and Islami Sharia would not be declared illegal and inhuman, reports bdnews24.com.
The bench of justices Syed Mahmud Hossain and Gobinda Chandra Thakur in a ruling Monday also asked the government to explain why the educational institutions should not be directed to include texts that would discourage such kinds of punishment beyond the law of the land.
The home, law, religion and culture secretaries, police chief, the deputy commissioner of Brahmanbaria and officer-in-charge (OC) of Banchharampur thana of the district, where a girl was reportedly caned following a religious edict, were asked to answer the rule in the next two weeks.
The court issued the rule nisi, or show-cause notice, upon a petition by lawyers Mahbub Shafiq KM Hafizul Alam and Imranul Hai Sachib.
The Bangla-language daily Prothom Alo published a report on May 22 that four people were arrested after a young girl at Banchharampur was lashed 101 times.
The Brahmanbaria DC has been asked by the court to report on the incident in seven days.
It also ordered the district police superintendent and the Banchharampur OC to produce the victim and her parents before the court on Jun 2.
The media have been asked by the court not to publish the names of the girl and her guardians.
The bench of justices Syed Mahmud Hossain and Gobinda Chandra Thakur in a ruling Monday also asked the government to explain why the educational institutions should not be directed to include texts that would discourage such kinds of punishment beyond the law of the land.
The home, law, religion and culture secretaries, police chief, the deputy commissioner of Brahmanbaria and officer-in-charge (OC) of Banchharampur thana of the district, where a girl was reportedly caned following a religious edict, were asked to answer the rule in the next two weeks.
The court issued the rule nisi, or show-cause notice, upon a petition by lawyers Mahbub Shafiq KM Hafizul Alam and Imranul Hai Sachib.
The Bangla-language daily Prothom Alo published a report on May 22 that four people were arrested after a young girl at Banchharampur was lashed 101 times.
The Brahmanbaria DC has been asked by the court to report on the incident in seven days.
It also ordered the district police superintendent and the Banchharampur OC to produce the victim and her parents before the court on Jun 2.
The media have been asked by the court not to publish the names of the girl and her guardians.