The Judiciary of Bangladesh acts through the (i) The Superior Judiciary having Appellate, Revision & Original Jurisdiction & (2) Sub-Ordinate Judiciary having Original Jurisdiction

THE SUPREME COURT:

Bangladesh Supreme Court is the highest court of Bangladesh, have two divisions:

Appellate Division

High Court Division

SUB-ORDINATE CIVIL COURTS:

• The following five civil courts exist in general hierarchy:
• District Judge Court: It has original, appellate, transfer, review and reference jurisdiction. If suit valuation is more than Tk. 5 crores then appeal/revision lies to the HCD;
• Additional District Judge Court: It has the same powers as to the District Judge but can exercise his power only if the District Judge refers any matter to him;
• Joint District Judge Court: It has jurisdiction if the suit valuation is from BDT 25,00,001 up-to unlimited;
• Senior Assistant Judge Court: It has jurisdiction if the suit valuation is from BDT 15,00,001 up-to BDT 25,00,000;
• Assistant Judge Court: It has jurisdiction if the suit valuation is less than BDT 15,00,000.00.

SUB-ORDINATE CRIMINAL COURTS:

Sub-ordinate Criminal courts are subdivided into two categories:

SESSIONS COURT:

There are three session courts in district level (i.e. out of the Metropolitan areas);

• District Session Judge Court: Original, appellate, revision, transfer and reference jurisdiction; and can pass any judgment and try any cases but death sentence must be confirmed by the HCD;
• Additional District Session Judge Court: No original jurisdiction; and can try cases referred by the District session judge court;
• Joint District Session Judge Court: can pass sentence up-to ten years imprisonment.

Accordingly in the Metropolitan areas, there are three Metropolitan Session courts;

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

These Courts have the same jurisdiction as their counterparts have in session courts, but their territorial jurisdiction is limited only in the metropolitan areas.