Dhaka, April 2 -- The High Court on Tuesday wondered how police can set up courts at night at their desired places to settle disputes.

"They take up cases if they find it suitable, or else not. No GD is recorded unless their palms are greased. Even officers-in-charge set up courts at their desired places at night for arbitration at their sweet will. How dare they do so?" the apex court observed.

A bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader came up with the observations while hearing a writ petition filed challenging the legality of refusal by the officer-in-charge (OC) of Shyamnagar Police Station in Satkhira to register a case in connection with the attack on and looting of the house of Md Fazlur Rahman on February ...