On 26 March 1992, the Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee established the Gono Adalat to hold public mock trials of the alleged collaborators.
[6] The movement began after Ghulam Azam was appointed the head of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in December 1991.
The court held trials in Suhrawardy Udyan, the site of the surrender of Pakistani forces at the end of Bangladesh Liberation war.
It filed charges against 28 organizers including Jahanara Imam and Shahriar Kabir over the Gono Adalat.
[9] In May 2016, the prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh) dedicated a verdict to the founder of Gono Adalat Jahanara Imam.