The High Court Division simply converted the conviction and modified the sentence from section 11(ka)/30 of the Ain 2000 to section 302/34 of the Penal Code. The statute has not entrusted the High Court Division to exercise such power of conversion of conviction. Because conversion of conviction from special law to a different law can only be done by the Appellate Division empowered under Article 104 of the Constitution to do ”complete justice“ in appropriate cases pending before it under Article 103 of the Constitution. .....The State =VS= Nurul Amin Baitha, (Civil), 2018 (2) [5 LM (AD) 311] ....View Full Judgment

Complete Justice– In exercise of our power and the authority vested in us by the Constitution under article 104, it is thus ordered that any period of limitation in filing petitions/applications/suits/appeals/revisions/all other proceedings, civil, criminal or administrative, under general or special laws, which expired on or after 05 April, 2021 stands extended till 31st August, 2021.
It is further ordered that petitions filed before the Virtual Benches of the High Court Division must be filed before the appropriate regular Bench by 31st August, 2021, in default any interim order passed by the Virtual Benches shall stand vacated and all petitions filed before the Virtual Benches shall be deemed to have been dismissed. ...Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh =VS= Ali Karam Reza, (Civil), 2021(1) [10 LM (AD) 296] ....View Full Judgment