text:  This is Newt Hour. In Bangladesh, the Supreme Court delivered a judgment on Sunday which could help end weeks of student protests which have brought Dhaka, the capital, to a standstill. The protests began as opposition to a scheme which dates from the civil war when Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan in 1971. It established a quota system which favoured the descendants of those who were on the winning side and who tended to be supporters of the present governing party, the Awami League.