http://localhost:8080/handle/1200/10 2026-04-04T13:36:42Z 2026-04-04T13:36:42Z Zaman, M.M. http://localhost:8080/handle/1200/58 2019-01-07T05:28:55Z 1983-08-30T00:00:00Z

Handbook on Criminal Law Reforms Zaman, M.M. When the present Government assumed responsibility, the criminal cases pending with the Police for investigation and for trial with the Magistrates were about 18,000 and 1,50,000 respectively. There were a large number of under-trial prisoners in the Jail for as long as 10 years or more. Being very concerned about such an alarming situation, the Chief Martial Law Administrator appointed a Committee on the 20th of April, 1982 to suggest suitable amendments in the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, to ensure expeditious disposal of criminal proceedings. The Committee submitted its report on the 31st of May, 1982. It made a number of recommendations involving legal as well as the administrative aspects of criminal justice. These were duly considered, and withvsome modifications, accepted by the Government. Pursuant to the aforesaid decision of the Government, the Code of Criminal Procedure (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 was promulgated and a set of administrative measures were taken. This had a salutary effect upon the administration of criminal justice in the country. The number of cases pending for long either with the Police or in the courts of law was substantially reduced within a few months. In the period between September, 1982 and June, 1983 cases pending with the Magistrates have reduced from 1,24,011 to 82,125. It was however, noted that aforementioned legal as well as administrative measures did not have any significant impact upon the disposal of cases in the Courts of Sessions. This necessitated further enhancement of the powers of the District and Additional District Magistrates and, within 10 months 13,407 cases have been disposed of by the- Additional District Magistrates. .This has significantly lessened the burden upon the Courts of Sessions and the number of Sessions triable cases has come down from 24,826 cases to 18,411 cases within the span of 6 months ending June 30, 1983. By any yardstick it is indeed remarkable. It will be seen that as many as four Amendment Ordinances were promulgated within a period of about one year. After the introduction Qf each set of amendments the impact thereof wasi very closely monitored and the desirability or otherwise of further bhanges carefully examined. It was only in the light of the actual experience and .the need to further streamline the machinery o f Justice that subsequent amendments were made. Apart from ensuring expeditious dispensation of justice, the objectives behind the legal and administrative reforms are to restore people’s trust and confidence in administration of criminal justice and to bring about an overall improvement in the quality of the Police and the Magistracy.. It is hoped that with proper understanding and implementation of the reforms and measures these objectives will be achieved. The performance of the Magistrates and the Poli]ce will be a very important factor in the success or otherwise of the legal and administrative measures undertaken by the Government. It is, therefore, imperative "‘that they are fully conversant not only with the salient features of the amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure but also with all other important provisions of the Code. With this object in view this booklet has been prepared. It contains the Report of the ^Criminal Law Reforms Committee and the Government decisions on its recommendations, the four Code of Criminal Procedure Amendment Ordinances and the amended Second Schedule of the Code, the village Court Ordinance, 1976 and a. note explaining the salient aspects of the amendments' as well as some other relevant and important provisions of the Code and the village Courts Ordinance. Relevant important executive orders have also been included in this booklet. It is hopejd .that the Police officers, the Magistrates as well as the Judges will find, this booklet helpful

1983-08-30T00:00:00Z Anderson, John http://localhost:8080/handle/1200/57 2019-01-07T05:17:56Z 1932-07-29T00:00:00Z

Council Proceedings official Report Bengal Legislative Council Thirty-ninth Session, 1932 Anderson, John

1932-07-29T00:00:00Z Khan, Muin-ud-Din Ahmad http://localhost:8080/handle/1200/56 2019-01-07T05:06:24Z 1961-10-15T00:00:00Z

Bengal Government Records on Wahhabi Trials (1863-1870) Khan, Muin-ud-Din Ahmad Dr. Muin-ud-Din Ahmad Khan deserves our grateful thanks for editing the documents and papers under the title “ Selections fro m 1 the Bengal Government Records on Wahhabi Trials” , which for the first time reveal in true colours the magnitude of the so-called Wahhabi Movement. This corpus of documents is a separate work from his thesis on the Fara’idi movement. Incidentally he is the second research scholar of the Department of History, University of Dacca, who earned a doctorate of philosophy after the birth of Pakistan. These documents now in print formed part of the material utilised in his doctorate dissertation. Their publicity will enable scholars to throw new light on the movement which might have escaped Dr. Khan’s attention or could not be accommodated in the short narrative of his thesis. The Wahhabi or Muhammadi Movement starting from a reformist cult was directed towards liberating the Panjab from the Sikhs whose relations with the Muslims in the past had been anything but pleasant. Apart from cowing down the Punjabi and North West Frontier Muslims by brute force, they had proscribed the open practice of their religion prohibited the azan, (the call to prayer) in most of the cities under their rule and had converted the mosques into barracks for soldiers or stables for the horses. The Wahhabis failed in their first objective after the defeat at Balakot in 1831. After the incorporation of the Panjab into the British dominions the Wahhabis carried their movement against the British rule and the papers presented here give us an idea as to the wide nature o f its ramification, the way organizations were set up for collecting funds, and the laborious methods adopted for transmitting funds and news, the secretive way of its working and also of the fact that the Bengali Muslims were in the forofront of this liberation movement and that they made more sacrifices than the people of other parts of India. I have strong hopes that these papers will serve a very useful purpose and enable the present generation of our people to form a fair idea of the sacrifices made by their forefathers. That though thay failed in their objective in their own generation and suffered instead death disgrace and deportation and detention they allowed the fruits o f their sacrifices to be enjoyed by their grandchildren and great grandchildren. The Wahhabis were pioneers of the movement which gave the Muslims a separate living space in the Indo-Pakistani subcontinent. The facts revealed will belie the assertion often made in ignorance that the Bengalis are a race of cowards.

1961-10-15T00:00:00Z Ahmed, Khandaker Hasib Uddin http://localhost:8080/handle/1200/55 2019-01-07T04:42:51Z 1986-11-01T00:00:00Z

Administrative Appeal Case 1986 Ahmed, Khandaker Hasib Uddin Since the establishment of the Administrative Appellate Tribunal in November 1983, the Members of the legal profession have often looked for precedent cases decided by the tribunal and have felt a keen need for precedents in conducting cases before the Tribunal. This compilation containing, some decisions o f the Tribunal given in 1986 has been brought out with the • hope that it will be of some assistance and )^ utility to the legal profession. Head notes have-been given fat the top of each decision Suggestions for improvement in future compilations will be appreciated.

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