| Applications received and approved by DLAC in
2012 |
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| Number of applications received |
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| From Prisons |
From Court |
Other sources |
Total applications |
Number of applications approved |
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Proportion of
applications approved |
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Total |
Women |
Men |
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Total |
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Total |
Women |
Men |
Total |
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159 |
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112 |
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271 |
112 |
159 |
271 |
100.00% |
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| Practitioner
Survey Q 9 - 15, Bar Association (N:1) |
Answer |
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| What is the average time between entering a plea and starting a
trial? |
Blank |
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| What percent of accused persons are women? |
Less than 5% |
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| What are the main offences for which women face trial? |
Drug related offences |
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| What proportion of trials
are concluded by way of guilty plea? |
Less than 25% |
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| What proportion of cases end in conviction? |
Blank |
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| What proportion of cases are compoundable? |
Difficult to find out |
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| What proportion of cases end in settlement? |
30% |
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| What is the main challenge legal practitioners face in criminal
proceedings? |
Witnesses do not
appear on time |
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| Among
respondents who had ever been arrested |
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| CS, Q 514. When
did you first see a lawyer? |
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Never |
before arrest |
within the first 24
hours |
within three days |
within a week |
within a month |
I don't remember |
Total |
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% |
n |
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| Female |
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0 |
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| Male |
5.9 |
29.4 |
17.6 |
5.9 |
35.3 |
5.9 |
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100 |
17 |
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| PS
Survey, DS Court Q 8 - 9 (N:1) |
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| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
Most |
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| What
proportion of trials end in a Guilty plea in Sessions Court? |
Very few |
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| PS
Survey, Magistrate's Court Q 5 - 7 (N:1) |
|
| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
Most |
|
| What
proportion of accused are women? |
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|
Less than 5% |
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| What
is the main offence for which women face trial? |
Narcotics |
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| PS
Survey, Court Clerks Q 6 - 8 (N:4) |
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Sessions |
CJM |
Juvenile Court |
NoS |
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| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
Most |
Very few |
Very few |
Most |
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| What
proportion of accused are women? |
|
|
Less than 5% |
Less than 5% |
Less than 5% |
5-10% |
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| What
is the main offence for which women face trial? |
Narcotics |
Narcotics |
Narcotics |
Blank |
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| PS
Survey, Lawyers at Court Q 9 - 11 (N:1) |
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| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
Most |
|
| What
proportion of accused are women? |
|
1% |
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| What
is the main offence for which women face trial? |
Narcotics |
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| Legal
aid by Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (2012) Civil + Criminal |
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| Applications
Received |
Settled Mediations |
Filed Cases |
COURT
DISPOSED CASES |
|
Total Disposed Cases |
| Favour |
Compromise |
Against |
Default |
| Women |
Men |
Total |
Women |
Men |
Total |
Women |
Men |
Total |
Women |
Men |
Total |
Women |
Men |
Total |
Women |
Men |
Total |
Women |
Men |
Total |
Women |
Men |
Total |
| 264 |
27 |
291 |
44 |
0 |
44 |
187 |
20 |
207 |
51 |
7 |
58 |
43 |
0 |
43 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
27 |
2 |
29 |
130 |
13 |
143 |
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