BLAST provided legal aid to ten individuals residing in Dighinala Mouza in the Khagrachari District of the Chittagong Hill Tracts filed ten analogous writ petitions challenging Section 3 of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Land Acquisition) Regulation, 1958 and notices issued under this section by the Deputy Commissioner for land acquisition.
BLAST, along with representatives of twenty-three landless families, filed a writ petition challenging the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Land Acquisition) Regulation, 1958 and a notice issued under this section by the Land and Settlement Officer (Kanungo) on 03.08.2005 settling 15.99919 acres of Khas land at Nolbunia Mauza, Barkal Upazilla of Rangamati in favour of the Upazilla Parishad, Barkal.
Under the “Beggar Rehabilitation and Alternative Employment Programme” the Government engaged ten NGOs to participate in registering persons as beggars, and classifying them into different categories. These would classify people as beggars who are seasonal/irregular, occupational, women, children, aged 1-12, aged 12-50, elderly, and aged 50.
BLAST and Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) filed a writ petition challenging Section 1(2) of the Family Court Ordinance, 1984 which bars applicability of the Family Court Ordinance in three hill districts, Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban.
The factory building of Spectrum Sweater Industries Ltd., a nine storied building at Palashbari, Savar, collapsed leaving 69 workers dead and 89 injured. Four injured workers and nine human rights organisations, including BLAST, working collaboratively as the Sramik Nirapatta Forum filed the writ petition impugning the failure of the concerned authorities to discharge their statutory duties and responsibilities relating to building construction, labour safety and welfare.
A four-storied building situated at the BSCIC Industrial Area in Chittagong and used as the factory of KTS Textile and Garments caught fire and 57 workers died. At the time of the fire, the main gate was closed as per the direction of the management and there was no emergency exit. Many of the workers, finding no route of escape, simply burned to death and their bodies were found in the staircase, on the floor and on the window grilles.
BLAST filed a writ petition challenging the Additional Divisional Commissioner of Chittagong’s exercise of powers as a Sessions Judge by claiming an ex-officio authority unfounded in law. The three hill districts, Rangamati, Bandraban and Khagrachari had long been regulated by the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation, 1900
The Vested Property Act 1974 was a highly controversial law that effectively allowed the Government to appropriate property from individuals it deemed to be an enemy of the state. The abuse of laws by the government and its agencies to deprive religious minorities of their land continued post independence.
The High Court on Thursday issued a rule on the government to explain within four weeks why it would not be directed to give effect to the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2003, and Section 26 of the Prevention of Women and Children Repression Act, 2000, that stipulates establishment of criminal and civil courts and tribunals for trial and disposal of cases relating to women and children repression in the three hill districts.
Stakeholders in country’s legal system at a workshop on Sunday called for strengthening the traditional ‘outside the court settlement’ system like shalis to ensure access to justice for the poorer section.
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