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The Judiciary of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের বিচার বিভাগ — Bānlādēśēra bicāra bibhāga) or Judicial system of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের বিচার ব্যবস্থা — Bānlādēśēra bicāra byabasthā) 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. It consists of two divisions, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division. These two divisions of the Supreme Court have separate jurisdictions.
The Bangladeshi judiciary faces a severe shortage of judges. As of July 2017, 1,268 judges deal with over 2.7 million cases in lower courts, 86 High Court justices deal with 431,000 cases and 6 Supreme Court justices deal with 13,000 cases.




Supreme Court






= Chief Justice

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The Chief Justice of Bangladesh is the chief amongst the judges of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and also head of the whole judicial establishments, including subordinate courts. The chief justice is appointed by the President of Bangladesh. The Chief Justice sits in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court with other judges to hear and decide cases, presides over meetings of the full Supreme Court to transact business relating to administration of the court, and supervises the discipline of the judges and magistrates of the subordinate courts.




= Appellate Division

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The Supreme Court of Bangladesh has two divisions namely the Appellate Division and the High Court Division (HCD). The Appellate Division hears both civil and criminal appeals from the High Court Division. The Appellate Division may also decide a point of law reserved for its decision by the High Court Division, as well as any point of law of public interest arising in the course of an appeal from a subordinate court to the High Court Division, which has been reserved by the High Court Division for the decision of the Appellate Division.




= High Court Division

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The High court division of the Supreme court consists of Civil courts, Criminal courts and some Special courts. Article 101 of the Constitution provides that the High Court Division shall have such original, appellate and other jurisdictions, powers and functions as are or may be conferred on it by the Constitution or any other law.




District Courts






= Civil Courts

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Under section 3 of The Civil Courts Act, 1887 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




= Criminal Courts

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Two types of Criminal Courts exist in this hierarchy:



District Sessions Courts

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



Magistrate Courts

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




City Criminal Courts



As of 2022 only the flowing six cities have metropolitan courts:

Dhaka
Chittagong
Rajshahi
Khulna
Sylhet
Gazipur
Generally, Metropolitan court deals the criminal offenses occur in the metropolitan area. Currently, only Metropolitan Sessions courts are found in Bangladesh. Metropolitan Court doesn't deal with Civil cases. Thus Metropolitan courts are of 2 subtypes of session or criminal. Those are:




= Metropolitan Sessions Courts

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




= Metropolitan Magistrates Courts

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




Specialized Courts and Tribunals


Constitutional Court
None
Administrative Court
Administrative Tribunals
Finance Court
Money Loan Courts
Insolvency Courts
Income Tax Appellate Tribunals
Special Tribunal for Share Market Scam
Labour Court
Labour Courts
Court of Justice
International Crimes Tribunal
Social Court
Druto Bichar Tribunal
Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal




Bangladesh Judicial Service Association



Bangladesh Judicial Service Association (BJSA)(Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জুডিসিয়াল সার্ভিস এসোসিয়েশন (বিজেএসএ) is a professional association of Judges and Magistrates of Bangladesh. The Association headquarters is located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Md. Helal Chowdhury, the District and Sessions Judge Dhaka, is the current President and Bikash Kumar Saha, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, is the Secretary-General of the Association.




Judicial corruption






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