{"id":5378,"date":"2004-08-31T08:55:28","date_gmt":"2004-08-31T08:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2015-07-20T08:57:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T08:57:04","slug":"arbitrary-arrest-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/2004\/08\/31\/arbitrary-arrest-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbitrary Arrest and Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Case Name and Number:<\/strong> <\/td>\nMass Arrest Case, Writ Petition No. 2192\/2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parties:<\/strong><\/td>\nASK & others vs. Government & others<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Court: <\/strong><\/td>\nHigh Court Division of the Supreme Court<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judges:<\/strong><\/td>\nJustice Md. Abdul Matin, Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASK’s Role: <\/strong><\/td>\nPetitioner <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conducting Lawyer:<\/strong> <\/td>\nDr. M. Zahir, Salauddin Ahmed, Sara Hossain, Faustina Pereira, Tanjib-ul-Alam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subject Matter:<\/strong> <\/td>\nThis case was filed against the wholesale and arbitrary arrest and detention of about 7000 innocent people by the law enforcement agencies under Sections 86 and 100 of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance 1976. The petitioners also challenged the provisions of Section 86 of this Ordinance being ultra vires of the Constitution. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Court’s Response:<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Court on April 27, 2004 directed the respondents to release the detainees and it issued a rule nisi calling upon the respondents to show cause as to why such arrest under Sections 86 and 100 of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance 1976 and also the provision of Section 86 of the Ordinance shall not be declared without lawful authority and ultra vires to the Constitution.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Current Status:<\/strong> <\/td>\nThe case is now pending for hearing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASK Contact:<\/strong><\/td>\nAbu Obaidur Rahman, Senior Coordinator, Legal Advocacy & Policy Reform Unit. Email:ask@citechco.net<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Case Name and Number: Mass Arrest Case, Writ Petition No. 2192\/2004 Parties: ASK & others vs. Government & others Court: High Court Division of the Supreme Court Judges: Justice Md….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pils-of-2004","category-public-interest-litigation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5379,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions\/5379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}