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Case information
| Court | Supreme Court of Bangladesh — High Court Division |
|---|---|
| Case reference | Suo-Muto Rule 6/2024 |
| Case-reference year | 2024 |
| Case type | Suo-Muto Rule |
| Court website upload date | 08-MAR-26 |
The case-reference year is not the judgment year. The court website upload date is not a judgment date.
Official index description (excerpt)
Source: Supreme Court official index.
It is fundamental that if the rule of law is to have any meaning or content, the authority of the courts and judges and the confidence of the public in these should not be allowed to be shaken.Scandalising in substance is an attack on individual judges or the court as a whole with or without referring to particular cases, casting unwarranted and defamatory aspersions upon the character or ability of the judges. Such conduct is punishable as contempt for the reason that it tends to create distrust in the popular mind and impairs confidence of the people in courts which are of prime importance to the litigants in the protection of their rights and liberties.Courts of justice in a country from the highest to the lowest are by their constitution entrusted with the functions of administration of justice which entails the confidence of the public in them. It is, however, the expectation and confidence of those public that courts of justice perform their functions and discharge their duties with moral excellence without fear or favour, or being biased.The Canons of Professional Conduct and
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