Salahuddin Dolon vs. Government of Bangladesh and Others

Writ Petition No. 4495 (2009)

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Salahuddin Dolon vs. Government of Bangladesh and Others

Bangladesh Supreme Court
Writ Petition No. 4495 (2009)

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Facts

Salahuddin Dolon (plaintiff) was a teacher in Bangladesh when a government education official visited the school at which she was employed. During the visit, the government official held a meeting with female teachers and ordered that all female teachers wear a headscarves at school. When 50 of the female teachers objected to the requirement, the education official called the school’s headmistress a prostitute. The headmistress was shocked by the accusation, and all the teachers left the meeting in protest. The education official’s actions demonstrated a trend of individuals, extreme political organizations, and governmental officers attempting to forcibly impose dress codes on women in Bangladesh. Dolon brought suit against the government of Bangladesh (defendant), arguing that the education official’s attempt to require that all female teachers wear a headscarf constituted gender-based sexual harassment and violated the female teachers’ rights to personal liberty, freedom of expression, freedom to movement, and freedom of religion as guaranteed by the Bangladeshi constitution.

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Holding and Reasoning (Hossain, J.)

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