Lifting the ban on Jamaat is dangerous to Bangladesh itself and delegitimises the whole movement to overthrow the Hasina government. It has a bloody history of aiding the Pakistan Army in atrocities against students, intellectuals, and Hindus during 1971 Bangladesh freedom movement. Jamaat’s political re-emergence will only poison Bangladeshi society.
SC is now rightly doing course correction in PMLA. It must give unambiguous order
A series of Supreme Court orders have made incremental, yet significant shifts in bail jurisprudence for PMLA cases. It’s comforting that SC is doing course correction two years after sanctifying the harsh law that requires proof of innocence, not guilt. SC must now be unambiguous, instead of offering piecemeal interventions.