The High Court on Sunday asked the government to explain in three weeks why a criminal case would not be filed against four persons for arranging hilla marriage in a Bogra village in 2007.
The bench of Justice Mohammad Anwarul Haque and Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain passed the order after hearing a supplementary prayer to a writ petition of May 2007.
The bench of Justice Mohammad Anwarul Haque and Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain passed the order after hearing a supplementary prayer to a writ petition of May 2007.
Counsel Manzill Murshid submitted a report to the court, identifying four persons, Harun ur Rashid, Abu Taher, Azizur Rahman and Ansar Akhi, responsible for hilla marriages that earned bad reputation for the village, Dashtika in Bogra.
Following the writ petition, the court had on May 6,2007, issued a rule asking the government to explain why it would not be directed to stop 'fatwa'.
Following the writ petition, the court had on May 6,2007, issued a rule asking the government to explain why it would not be directed to stop 'fatwa'.
The court had also asked the government to explain why legal steps would not be taken against the people involved in the hilla marriage
Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh had filed the writ petition challenging hilla marriage after a newspaper published a report on May 1, 2007 under the caption, 'Dashtika, a village of Hilla marriage.'
Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh had filed the writ petition challenging hilla marriage after a newspaper published a report on May 1, 2007 under the caption, 'Dashtika, a village of Hilla marriage.'
In hilla marriage, divorced partners are married to third parties before reunification.
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