| Applications received and approved by DLAC in
2012 |
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| Number of applications received |
Number of
applications approved |
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| From Prisons |
From Court |
Other sources |
Total applications |
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| Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Total |
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77 |
55 |
132 |
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| Data note |
Data note |
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| Data
from source unreliable |
Data entered for the
six months Jan-June 2013 |
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| Practitioner
Survey Q 9 - 15 (Bar Association, N:1 lawyer) |
Answer |
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| What is the average time between entering a plea and starting a
trial? |
6-8 months to start
the examination; 3 months after the framing of the charges |
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| What percent of accused persons are women? |
2% |
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| What are the main offences for which women face trial? |
Narcotics |
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| What proportion of trials
are concluded by way of guilty plea? |
5% |
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| What proportion of cases end in conviction? |
Most |
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| What proportion of cases are compoundable? |
60% |
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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? |
No appearance of
witnesses |
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| Among
respondents who had ever been arrested |
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| 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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100 |
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100 |
1 |
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| Male |
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37.5 |
25 |
12.5 |
12.5 |
12.5 |
100 |
8 |
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| PS
Survey, Judges Q 8 - 9 (N:1) |
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| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
All |
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| What
proportion of trials end in a Guilty plea in Sessions Court? |
1% |
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| PS
Survey, Magistrates Q 5 - 7 (N:1) |
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No data |
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| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
No data |
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| What
proportion of accused are women? |
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No data |
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| What
is the main offence for which women face trial? |
No data |
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| PS
Survey, Bench assistants / Clerks Q 6 - 8 (N:1) |
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| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
All |
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| 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, Lawyers at Court Q 9 - 11 (N:1 defence, 1 Police
prosecutor) |
Defence |
Prosecution |
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| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
Most |
All |
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| What
proportion of accused are women? |
|
1% |
5-10% |
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| What
is the main offence for which women face trial? |
Narcotics |
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 |
| 653 |
64 |
717 |
176 |
4 |
180 |
399 |
26 |
425 |
99 |
8 |
107 |
151 |
3 |
154 |
12 |
1 |
13 |
85 |
2 |
87 |
347 |
14 |
361 |
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