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Chairman
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NAME:
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A.B.M. KHAIRUL HAQUE
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DATE of BIRTH
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18 May 1944
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NATIONALITY:
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Bangladeshi
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LANGUAGES :
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Mother tongue
: BENGALI
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ENGLISH:
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(written) Advanced
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(oral) Advanced
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EDUCATIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS:
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July 1975
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Institution
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Lincolns
Inn, London, UK
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Qualification
(s) obtained:
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Barrister-at-Law
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1969
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Institution
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University of
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Qualification
(s) obtained:
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LL.B
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
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July 24, 2016 - Present
July 24, 2013 - June 23, 2016
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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President, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
Chairman, Law Commission of Bangladesh
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March 2014 -
December 2014
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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International Labour Organization (ILO)
Commissioner, Rana Plaza Claims
Commission
In April 2013, an industry known as Rana
Plaza collapsed in Bangladesh. The death toll was
more than a thousand and more than two thousand people were
injured. A special fund known as Rana
Plaza Trust Fund of 30 million USD has been created with
the assistance of the International Labour Organization
(ILO) for rehabilitation of more than 3000 people who
were injured and also for the next of kin of about twelve
hundred people who died in the collapse of the multistoried
building. As the appointed Claims Commissioners of ILO entrusted
to allocate the above noted amount.
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September 2010 -
May 2011
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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President, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
Chief Justice
of Bangladesh
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September
2010 - May 2011
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- Employer
- Post title:
-Other information:
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President, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
Chairman (Ex-officio), Board
of Management of Judicial Administration Training Institute
To train
Judges
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March 2010 -
May 2011
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- Employer
- Post title:
-Other information:
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President, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
Chairman of the Judicial Service Commission of Bangladesh (BJSC)
To recruit
candidates, having graduate or post-graduate degree in Law, for
the judicial service in Bangladesh. Those who would be qualified
in the examination conducted by BJSC, will first be appointed
either as the Assistant Judge or Judicial Magistrate at the
start of the judicial hierarchy. In course of time, they may
even be elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court.
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July 2009 to May 2011
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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President, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
Judge, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
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April 1998 - July 2009
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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President, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
Judge, High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh
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1982 - April
1998
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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Advocate, Appellate Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh
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1976 - April
1998
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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Advocate, High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh
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1970 - 1976
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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Advocate, District Judges Court of Dhaka, the than East Pakistan and
thereafter Bangladesh.
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1985 - April
1998
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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Investment Corporation of Bangladesh
Legal Adviser
Many legal
problems of banks and suits for recovery of outstanding dues of
the defaulting debtors were conducted as adviser
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1987 - April
1998
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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Sonali Bank Limited
Legal Adviser
-Do-
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1995 - 1998
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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Janata Bank Limited
Member of the Penal of Advocates
Many legal
problems of the banks and suits for recovery of outstanding dues
of the defaulting debtors were conducted the panel of advocates.
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1993 - 1998
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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Rupali Bank Limited
Member of the Penal of Advocates
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1978 - 1987
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- Employer
- Post title:
- Other information:
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University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Adjunct Professor of Law
Taught Law of Contract, Roman Law, Fiscal Law, Mercantile Law and
Company Law in different academic years.
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OTHER PROFISSIONAL ACTIVTIES:
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2010 - Study Tour in Australia for Case Management Study including
Backlog of Cases and Suits.
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MOST RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
(Some of the notable judgments published in various law reports and
journals of Bangladesh)
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1.
State Vs.
Lieutenant Colonel Syed Farook Rahman and 14 Others
(Death
Reference No. 30 of 1998 with Criminal Appeal Nos. 2604, 2613,
2616 and 2617 of 1998)
Reported in
The Bangladesh Law Times, Special Issue, 2001
Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, was brutally
murdered, with most of his family members, by a section of
disgruntled soldiers. However,
by an Ordinance and secondly, by an amendment of the
Constitution (Fifth Amendment, 1979), the killers were given
indemnity and even the trials were stalled. Heard the concerned
death reference in respect of the above noted murders and upheld
the conviction of all 15 (fifteen) convicts in the year 2000.
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2.
Bangladesh
Italian Marble Works Limited Vs. Government of
Bangladesh and others
(Fifth Amendment case)
Writ Petition No. 6016 of 2000
Reported in The Bangladesh Law Times, Special Issue, 2006
As the
presiding Judge, declared the Fifth Amendment of the
Constitution, ratifying all acts under the Martial Law, ultra
vires the Constitution.
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3.
Gulshan
Society Vs. Bangladesh
(Writ Petition No. 2999 of 2009)
Reported in
15 MLR (HCD) (2010) 458
Directions were given
to remove pollutants from Gulshan Lake, Dhaka.
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4.
Shamima
Sultana Seema Vs. Government of Bangladesh
Writ Petition
No. 3304 of 2003
Reported in
14 BLT (HCD) (2006) 33
The equal
rights and status of men and women were affirmed, holding that
they are all born with their basic rights, the Constitution only
recognized and reaffirmed those existing rights of the homo
sapiens.
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5.
Human Rights
and Peace for Bangladesh Vs. Bangladesh
(Writ
Petition No. 3503 of 2009)
Reported in
2009 (XVII) BLT (HCD) 455
In this public interest litigation on pollutions,
directions were given to
remove all kinds of pollutants from all four rivers, in
and around the city of Dhaka.
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6.
Major General
K.M. Shafiullah (Retd.) and another Vs. Bangladesh
(Writ
Petition No. 4313 of 2009)
Reported in
The Bangladesh Law Times, Special Issue, 2009
In this
Public Interest Litigation, declarations were given for the
protection of historical places, specifically, numerous unmarked
graveyards, wells and ditches where millions of dead bodies were
systematically dumped during the war of liberation in Bangladesh
in 1971.
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7.
Special
Reference No. 1 of 2009
Reported in 2009 XVII BLT (AD) 315
The Honble
President of Bangladesh, made a Reference to the Appellate
Division, seeking opinion about the procedure for the trial of
the huge number of accused persons involved in the carnage
occurred in the Head-quarters of Bangladesh Rifles where seventy
three persons including fifty-seven officers of the armed forces
were brutally killed. Three of us out of eleven Judges of the
Appellate Division, gave the opinion.
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8.
Mohammad
Tayeeb Vs. Government of Bangladesh
(Civil Appeal
Nos. 593-594 of 2001)
Reported in 23 BLT (AD) (2015) 10
Fatwa
a phrase generally used by Islamic clerics, often causes trouble
and humiliation for the concerned women. The Appellate Division
(the apex Court in Bangladesh), declared on 12.05.2011 that
fatwa is only a mere opinion and nothing more; it is only
advisory and not at all binding on anybody; it can never be used
as a coercive instrument. It was further declared that the
society which does not honour its women cannot be called
civilized.
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9.
Siddique
Ahmed Vs. Government of Bangladesh
(Seventh Amendment Case)
Civil Appeal No. 48 of 2011
Reported in 65 DLR (AD) (2013) 8
Constitution cannot be violated on any excuse. Its
violation, if any, is gravest of all offences and shall remain
illegitimate for all time to come.
In this appeal, five earlier Judgments passed by the Appellate
Division, were overruled.
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10.
Manjur Ahmed Bhuiyan Vs. Adilur Rahman Khan
(Truth Commission Case)
Civil Petition No. 1816 of 2010)
Reported in 21 BLT (AD) (2013) 97
The Rule of
Law was glorified and the doctrine of necessity was put to
an end.
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11.
Abdul Mannan
Khan Vs. Bangladesh
(Thirteenth Amendment Case)
Civil Appeal
No. 139 of 2005 with Civil Petition No. 596 of 2005
Reported in
64 DLR AD (2012) 169
In the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution Case
(2011), the concept of unelected Caretaker Government was
declared ultra vires to the Constitution since it was against
the principle of democracy which is a basic feature of the
Constitution of Bangladesh.
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MOST RELEVANT SEMINARS
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March 2015 - Chief Guest and Speaker of Seminar
on Law and Bangla
Language organized by Gono University of Bangladesh
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February 2015 - Deliver Speech as Special Guest of
Biannual Conference organized by Bangladesh History Congress
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January 2015 - Delivered Speech on Rethinking
Political Economy and Development organized by
Bangladesh Economic Association
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November 2014 - Delivered Speech as Chief Guest in
the National Seminar
on Separation of
Powers and Independence of Judiciary organized by
Bangladesh Law Association
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November
17-18, 2014 - Key Speaker of Closing Session of Regional
Seminar towards a South Asian Human Rights Mechanism: Prospects
and Challenges organized by National Human Rights
Commission of Bangladesh
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November 2014 - Delivered Speech as Chief Guest of
International Conference on Language
and Lingual Policy of Bangladesh organized by
Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS), University of Rajshahi
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April 2014 - Delivered Speech as Chief Guest of
National Seminar organized by Dhaka University Philosophy
Department Alumni Association
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June 2013 - Jahanara Imam Memorial Lecture on Constitutional
Crisis in Pakistan and Emergence of Bangladesh organized
by Committee for Elimination of War Criminals and Collaborators
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October 2014 - Justice K. M. Sobhan and Professor
K. A. A. Kamruddin Memorial Lecture on Human
Rights and Religion at 15th Human Rights
Summer School organized by Empowerment through Law of the Common
People (ELCOP)
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2009 - Malta - International Seminar on Child
Law
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1994 - Nepal - International Seminar on Borrowers
Duty and Obligations
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MEMBERSHIP OF PROFISSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCITEIES
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Life Member,
Bangla Academy
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Life Member,
Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
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Honorary
Member, Economic Association of Bangladesh
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1976- Member,
the Supreme Court Bar Association, Bangladesh.
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1970-Member,
Dhaka District Bar Association, the then East Pakistan
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1970-Member,
the then East Pakistan Bar Council, Dhaka
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AWARDS AND HONOURS
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2015 - Honorary Fellow of Bangla Academy
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OTHER RELEVANT FACTS
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Delivered about 800 (eight hundred) Judgments on constitutional,
criminal and civil matters, in both the Divisions of the Supreme
Court of Bangladesh
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PERSONAL INTERESTS
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Reading
books, listening music, gardening
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Member
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MD. ABU BAKAR SIDDIQUEE
Former Justice
Appellate Division, SUPREME COURT OF BANGLADESH
Address: House# 15, Judges Complex, Park Avenue,
Kakrail, Ramna, Dhaka-1217, Bangladesh
Phone: +880 1715622878
PROFILE SUMMARY
Strong background and understanding in laws and legal system of
Bangladesh.
More than 41 years experience in the field of Judiciary (both
Higher Judiciary and Sub-ordinate Judiciary) of the Peoples
Republic of Bangladesh.
Expertise in Civil and Criminal Law.
Trained on Alternative Dispute Resolution, (ADR) from
California, Washington and England.
Trained on Intellectual Property Right from Tokyo, Japan.
Computer competency with proficiency in multiple office
programs.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Time Line
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Oct. 08, 2018 |
Joined as Judge of the Appellate Division, Supreme Court
of Bangladesh |
Jun. 06, 2011 |
Joined as Judge of the High Court Division, Supreme
Court of Bangladesh |
Jun. 30, 2009 |
Joined as Additional Judge of the High Court Division,
Supreme Court of Bangladesh |
Sep. 22, 2008 |
Joined as Registrar, Supreme Court of Bangladesh
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Apr 24, 2008 |
Joined as District and Sessions Judge, Mymensingh Judge
Court, Mymensingh |
Jul 15, 2007 |
Joined as District and Sessions Judge, Patuakhali Judge
Court, Patuakhali |
Feb 19, 2004 |
Joined as District and Sessions Judge, Rajshahi Judge
Court, Rajshahi |
Aug 08, 2000 |
Joined as District and Sessions Judge, Gazipur Judge
Court, Gazipur |
Apr 07, 1998 |
Joined as Director, Judicial Administration Training
Institute (JATI), Dhaka |
May 07, 1997 |
Joined as Judge of the Divisional Election Tribunal
Court, Rajshahi. |
1997 |
Promoted as District and Sessions Judge
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Jun 01, 1994 |
Joined as Additional Registrar, Supreme Court of
Bangladesh, Dhaka |
Apr 19, 1992 |
Joined as Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bogra
Judge Court, Bogra |
Mar 10, 1991 |
Joined as Additional District and Sessions Judge,
Pirozpur Judge Court, Pirozpur |
1991 |
Promoted as Additional District and Sessions Judge |
Jun 26, 1989 |
Joined as Sub-Judge, Khulna Judge Court, Khulna |
Jun 29, 1986 |
Joined as Sub-Judge, Dhaka Judge Court, Dhaka |
1986 |
Promoted as Sub-Judge |
Jan 30, 1983 |
Joined as Munsif, Narail Judge Court, Narail |
Apr 23, 1980 |
Joined as Munsif,
Khulna Judge Court, Khulna |
1980 |
Joined as Munsif, Judicial Service of the People's
Republic of Bangladesh |
1979 |
Enrolled as an Advocate of the Kushtia Bar Association,
Kushtia |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) [Session: 1976]
Result: 2nd Division
University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) [Session: 1974]
Result: 3rd Division
University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C) [Session: 1972]
Result: 2nd Division
Higher Secondary and Secondary Education, Jessore, Bangladesh
Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C) [Session: 1970]
Result: 2nd Division
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jessore, East
Pakistan
LICENSES,
CERTIFICATIONS & SKILLS
Enrolled as an Advocate of the Kushtia Bar Association in
the year of 1979
Participated in a roundtable conference titled as Asia-Pacific
Judicial Reform Forum-2009 in Singapore in 2009.
Participated in a Study Tour in respect of Alternative
Dispute Resolution, (ADR) organized by the Legal and
Judicial Capacity Building Project in California, Washington and
England.
Participated in a seminar titled Access to Justice
organized by Judicial Studies Board in Warwick University,
England.
Participated in a course titled Intellectual Property Right
organized by Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA),
Tokyo, Japan in 1996.
Participated in the Second Judicial Training Programme (from
15.03.186 to 13.04.1986) organized by the Bangladesh Institute
of Law and International Affairs in collaboration with the
Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of the Peoples Republic
of Bangladesh.
Participated in a course titled Land Administration and Land
Reform (from 09.06.1990 to 14.06.1990) under the Land
Administration Training Programme organized by Ministry of Land,
Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh.
Participated in the 20th Judicial Administration
Training Course for District & Session Judges (from 22.04.2000
to 27.04.2000) organized by Judicial Administration Training
Institute, Old High Court Building, Dhaka.
Participated in the 76th Judicial Administration
Training Course for District & Session judges and Metropolitan
Session Judges along with training on computer literacy
organized by Judicial Administration Training Institute, 15,
College Road, Dhaka.
Participated in the 8th Judicial Education and
Training Programme on Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act,
2003 and Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 (from 12.07.2003 to
13.07.2003) organized by Judicial Administration Training
Institute, Old High Court Building, Dhaka.
Participated in the 11th Judicial Education and
Training Programme on Recent Acts and Amendments for District
and Sessions Judges (from 20.09.2003 to 21.09.2003) organized by
Judicial Administration Training Institute, Old High Court
Building, Dhaka.
Participated in the 14th Judicial Education and
Training Programme on Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act,
2003 and Code of Civil Procedure (Third Amendment) Act, 2003
held on 17.03.003 organized by Judicial Administration Training
Institute, Old High Court Building, Dhaka.
Participated in the Judicial Training Workshop, a Project to
Complement Ongoing Legal and Judicial Reform Efforts (from
22.08.2004 to 29.08.2004) organized by Bangladesh Institute of
Law and International Affairs (BILIA).
PERSONAL DETAILS
Fathers Name : Late Abdul Gofur Mollah
Mothers Name : Late Noor Zahan Begum
Permanent Address : Vill: Ramanathpur, PO: Azoil,
PS: Khoksha, Dis: Kushtia
Nationality : Bangladeshi by birth
Religion : Islam
Date of Birth : July, 29.1954
National ID : 644 304 5387
DECLARETION:
I do hereby declare that the above particulars of facts and
information stated are true, correct and complete to the best of
my belief and knowledge
Member
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Justice A.T.M. Fazle Kabir
Law Commission
Former chairman of
International Crimes Tribunal-1
He
was born in 1947 at village Chamagram under Chapai-Nawabganj Sador
Police station. He passed S.S.C and H.S.C in 1963 and 1965
respectively and obtained B.A. degree in 1967 from Rajshahi
University. He took L.L.B degree from Dhaka University
and joined the Advocate's Bar of Chapai-Nawabganj in 1973. He
qualified in the B.C.S (Judicial) Examination and joined in the
Judicial Service as Munsif in 1975. He served as the Divisional
Special Judge, Rajshahi and also served as District and Sessions Judge
of Sirajganj, Gaibandha, Khulna and Dhaka with reputation. In 2002 he
made a study tour in America and England and visited its Supreme
Courts an well as some Subordinate Courts.
He was elevated as the Judge of the High Court Division of the
Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2003.
While he was sitting Judge of the High Court Division, was
appointed as the Judge of the International Crimes Tribunal in 2010.
As a Judge of the Tribunal he visited Cambodia International Crimes
Tribunal and International Criminal Court (ICC) along with other
Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Lebanon situated at Hague, Netherlands in
2011. He served as the Chairman of both the war-crimes Tribunals and
retired from the service on 01 January, 2014.
He was appointed as a Member of Law Commission and at present
working there Since 23 January, 2014. He also visited India, UAE,
Thailand, Belgium, Sweden and Finland.
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Who
was who in Law Commission
Chairman of the Commission:
1.
Justice F K M A Munim
Chairman
from
08.08. 1996 to 31.12.1997
2.
Justice Kemal Uddin Hossain
02.03.1998 to 01.03.2001
3. Justice A T M Afzal
01.08.2001 to 31.07.2004
4. Justice Mostafa Kamal
06.12.204 to 05.12.2007
5. Justice Md. Abdur Rashid
21.04.2009 to
07.10.2010
6. Dr.
Shah Alam
.... .... 24.10.2010 to
3.07.2013.
7. Justice
A.B.M. Khairul Haque ....
....
24.08.2013 to
Members
of the Commission:
1.
Justice
Naimuddin Ahmed from
25.05.1996 to 26.06.2003
2.
Justice
Amin-Ur-Rahman
23.09.1996
to 23.10.1998
3.
Dr.
Shah Alam
24.05.1999 to 14.06.2000
4.
Justice
Bimalendu Bikash Roy Chowdhury
13.12.2000 to 15.07.2001
5.
Justice
A K M Sadeq
09.08.2001 to 08.08.2004
6.
Justice
Sirajul Islam
22.04.2004 to 09.03.2009
7.
Dr.
M Enamul Huq
(Ex IG)
29.11.2004 to 28.11.2007
8.
Sunil
Chandra Paul
25.05.2009 to 09.01.2011
9.
Dr.
Shah Alam
24.06.2009- to ...
10. Justice A.T.M. Fazle Kabir
....
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