Masood R. Sobhan for the petitioner (in person) vs Bangladesh Bank and others.

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It is the categorical findings of our Appellate Division that exercise of discretion by the High Court Division to treat the petitioner aggrieved or not depends upon the facts and circumstances of each case. Accordingly, this Court can grant locus standi to the petitioner to maintain the writ petition for judicial redress of public injury arising from breach of public duty or for violation of the respective provisions of the Constitution or the law and seek enforcement of such public duty and or observance of such constitutional or legal provision. No doubt, instant writ petition does not reflect strict compliance with the respective provisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (High Court Division) Rules, 1973, but when an issue is brought to the judicial notice of this Court, the guardian of the Constitution, by filing writ petition under Article 102 of the Constitution involving public cause, which ultimately led to disclosure of public wrong or public injury, the same cannot be throttled down on the ground that the petition suffers from procedural defect or is not in form. In

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