JUDICIARY SYSTEM

OF
BANGLADESH
Presented By
(On behalf of Gr-C[8th Batch])

Md Ashrafuzzaman
Programmer
Department of Immigration & Passport
  Hindu Period: Ancient Judicial
System
 Muslim Period: Judicial system of
sultanate and Mughal Empire
 British Period: Modernization of
History Ancient Judicial System
 Pakistan Period
 Bangladesh Period: Current Judicial
System in Bangladesh
Type
Hierarchical
Structure
  Bangladesh Supreme Court is the
highest court of Bangladesh, have
two divisions:
1. Appellate Division
2. High Court Division

The Supreme
Court  Subordinate courts have two parts:

1.Civil court
2.Criminal court
  Three Types:
 Pecuniary Jurisdiction
 Territorial Jurisdiction
 Subject Matter Jurisdiction

Civil Courts  More (Five) :

(Jurisdiction)  Oroginal Jurisdiction
 Appelate Jurisdiction
 Revision Jurisdiction
 Review Jurisdiction
 Administrative Jurisdiction
  Five Categories:
• District Judge Court (Not Directly, case
value worth of Tk. 5,00,000)
• Additional District Judge Court (Not
Directly, Cases from District Judge
Court)

Sub-ordinate • Joint District Judge Court (More than

Civil Courts Tk. 4,00,000)
• Senior Assistant Judge Court (Tk.
2,00,000-Tk. 4,00,000)
• Assistant Judge Court (Upto Tk.
2,00,000)
 • Two categories:
Sub-ordinate 1. Sessions court
Criminal Courts 2. Magistrate court
  Three session courts in district level :
• Court of District Session Judge
• Court of Additional District Session Judge
• Court of Joint District Session Judge

Sessions  Three Metropolitan Session courts:

Court • Court of Metropolitan Session Judge
• Court of Additional Metropolitan Session
Judge
• Court of Joint Metropolitan Session Judge
  Two kinds:
• Executive Magistrate
• Judicial Magistrate

 Three types of Judicial Magistrate

Magistrate Courts:
• Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate
Court • Court of Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate
• Court of Judicial Magistrate
  Some issues closely related to
the legal system:

Other side  Executive control

of coin!  Delay
 Corruption
 The politics of prosecutors
Challenges
THANK YOU