Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- The High Court on Tuesday asked lower courts to dispose of the cases pending for 10 years or more within six months.

The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order and asked for submitting a report on the execution of the order.

It also asked the registrar general of the Supreme Court to inform judges concerned of the order.

The High Court came up with the order during a hearing on the bail petition of an accused in a robbery case.

Advocate Mizanur Rahman, a lawyer of the accused, said the trial proceedings of the case are pending for the last 12 years but no statement of any witness was recorded yet.

Assistant attorney general Yusuf Mahmud Morshed said the case remained p...