Judiciary of Bangladesh

The Judiciary of Bangladesh or Judicial system of Bangladesh is based on the Constitution and the laws are enacted by the legislature and interpreted by the higher courts. Bangladesh Supreme Court is the highest court of Bangladesh. The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has been described in Article 94(1) of the Constitution of Bangladesh.^[1] It consists of two divisions, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division. These two divisions of the Supreme Court have separate jurisdictions.^[2]

The High Court Division

The High court division of the Supreme court consists of Civil courts, Criminal courts and some Special courts and tribunals.

Sub-Ordinate Civil Courts

Five civil courts exist in this hierarchy:

• District Judge Court
• Additional District Judge Court
• Joint District Judge Court
• Senior Assistant Judge Court
• Assistant Judge Court

Sub-Ordinate Criminal Courts

Two types of Criminal Courts exist in this hierarchy:

Session Judge Court

District

• District Session Judge Court
• Additional District Session Judge Court
• Joint District Session Judge Court

Metropolitan

• Metropolitan Session Judge Court
• Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Court
• Joint Metropolitan Session Judge Court:

Magistrate Court

Judicial Magistrate Court

District

• Chief Judicial Magistrate Court
• Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court
• Senior Judicial Magistrate Court
• Judicial Magistrate Court

Metropolitan

• Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court
• Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court
• Metropolitan Magistrate Court

Special Courts and Tribunals

• Labour Courts
• Administrative Tribunals
• Income Tax Appellate Tribunals
• Money Loan Courts
• Insolvency Courts

The Appellate Division

This the apex court of Bangladesh. The Supreme Court of Bangladesh has two divisions namely the Appellate Division and the High Court Division (HCD).

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