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Law, Culture And Politics Of Hartal, Dr. Zahidul Islam Biswas Jan 2013

Law, Culture And Politics Of Hartal, Dr. Zahidul Islam Biswas

Dr. Zahidul Islam

The common people of Bangladesh hold a confused perception about the legality of hartal. They generally consider hartal as legal and recognise it as a democratic right. But after experiencing devastating hartals over the years, they frequently ask a question, how such hartals can be legal, and how the destruction in the name of hartal can be a matter of right of the hartal announcers. These questions are, however, already answered clearly by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. What is still a moot question is how the hartal as a democratic right can be observed legally without violating others' rights. …