Bangladesh · Courts
Court structure of Bangladesh
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Final appellate — Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
- Final court; decisions bind all others.
- Appellate / constitutional — High Court Division of the Supreme Court
- Writ jurisdiction under Article 102 and appellate jurisdiction.
- First instance — District Courts and Courts of Session
- Civil and criminal trials at district level.
- Family — Family Courts
- Single forum applying each community's personal law.
- Specialist — Labour, tax and international crimes tribunals
- Including the International Crimes Tribunal for 1971 offences.
Every court in the hierarchy
- supremeDhakaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of BangladeshAppeals from the High Court Division, by leave in most civil matters and as of right where the High Court Division has certified a substantial question of constitutional interpretation or imposed a death sentence.
- appellateDhakaHigh Court Division of the Supreme Court of BangladeshOriginal writ jurisdiction under Article 102 for enforcement of fundamental rights and review of state action, appeals and revisions from the subordinate courts, and supervision of all courts and tribunals.
- first-instanceDistrict headquartersDistrict CourtsFirst-instance civil suits, criminal trials before Sessions Judges, and appeals from courts of Assistant Judges and magistrates.
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