Law

Rule against perpetuity is regarded one of the most complicated rule in the property law. The rule emerged in the seventeenth century primarily in the Duke of Norfolk's case. The rule, ultimately has been developed in a single rule in the classic treaties of John Chipman Gray in the nineteenth century. The English rule has been provisioned in Bangladeshi law in the same name under section 14 of the Transfer of Property Act. To explain the rule under section 14, section 13 is necessary to be taken into consideration. The authors aim at interpreting the rule under these sections and elaborating its origin and their objectives are to make the concept easily understandable.

Pre-emption is the right to purchase a land by a co-sharer in the holding by inheritance as claimed against another co-sharer who has already sold the land to a third party. In Bangladesh, the right to preempt any property is bestowed upon a co-sharer by inheritance to restrict a third party purchaser from any sort of unwanted interfere over an ejmali or undivided property. Thus, pre-emption is the tool to retain the privacy of a co-sharer over the inherited property. One can purchase his cherished property from any owner of an undivided property. This right is not restricted, but challenged through the right of pre-emption. This right is available upon performing few formalities or by specific application to the court of law.

The women are the most vulnerable part of our society, culture and religion in almost all aspects of our life. The rights ensured by the supreme law of the land, statutes and religion are also denied most of the time. Different case law provides the important decision in favor of the women and directs not to deprive them from their legal rights. Despite the religious and statutory and religious rights the women are not getting all of their rights equitable. Sometime they are neglected at their workplace, sometime at the educational institution even at her family and they are compared not enough capable with the male personnel. To remove and reduce all kinds of inequality and ensure their statutory rights the Government enacted several Acts on several occasions.

Our right to health is obviously violated by medical carelessness, which is committed by professionals who are duty bound to protect our health when it is in a risk position. It is a common phenomenon in Bangladesh which significantly threatening patient safety and diminishing public confidence in the healthcare system. Many developed countries in the world improved their health system by introducing strong legislation and by establishing separate court system in this regard. The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh as the supreme law of the land recognizes the right to health and medical care as a fundamental necessity for all citizens and confirms that the principal responsibility of the state is to raise the nutrition level and improve the public health. Bangladesh does not have any particular legislation on the matter has been made to protect the people's right to health. Rather, several provisions in various legislations have been made which makes confusion among the remedy seekers when their rights violated by the medical personnel. In absence of sufficient number of case legislation pertaining to medical negligence, this article attempts to find out the common Bangladeshi medical malpractice addressing few case laws, recent reports published in various newspapers and in reference to some articles published on the matter. Thereafter, the article outlines the legal remedies against medical negligence as provided under the different statutes for the time being in force, and finally, discussed the overall shortcomings of medical negligence and providing probable suggestions thereon.

Rights activists have requested journalists to work alongside them and investigate the involvement of corrupt officials who are hindering the course of justice Rights activists have demanded the immediate implementation of the High Court's directives regarding the Vested Property Return Act to ensure a true environment for humane development in Bangladesh.