M Akram Hossain Chowdhury

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M Akram Hossain Chowdhury
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
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M Akram Hossain Chowdhury is a judge on the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1]

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Early life

Chowdhury was born on 25 April 1959. [2] He has a bachelor's of art and another in law from the University of Dhaka. [2]

Career

Chowdhury started his legal practice on 26 October 1987 in the district courts and in the High Court on 30 October 1989. [2]

Chowdhury was appointed the deputy attorney general of Bangladesh in February 2009. [3]

Chowdhury was appointed to an additional judge of the High Court Division on 12 December 2010 and was made a permanent judge on 10 December 2012 by President Zillur Rahman. [2] [4]

In February 2014, Chowdhury and Justice M Enayetur Rahim sentenced three people to life imprisonment over the murder of Commodore Ghulam Rabbani, former managing director of Korean Export Processing Zone, in 2004. [5] Chowdhury and Justice Sayed AB Mahmudul Huq granted one year bail to Helena Pasha of Adflame Pharmaceuticals in an adulteration case in which she was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. [6] In the 1990s a number of children died after consuming contaminated children's paracetamol syrup. [6]

In June 2016, Chowdhury and Justice Md Habibul Gani granted bail to an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League who had been convicted on election rigging during union elections in Hathazari Upazila. [7] Chowdhury and Justice Md Habibul Gani granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Rizvi Ahmed in five different criminal cases. [8]

Justice Md Emdadul Huq and Chowdhury denied bail to folk singer Shariat Boyati in a case over "hurting the religious sentiments" of Muslims. [9]

On 3 October 2022, Chowdhury and Justice Shahed Nuruddin granted bail to a leader of Rajbari District unit of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal in a defamation case for making derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [10] He was a member of the Chief Justice Medal selection committee. [11]

In 2023, Chowdhury and Justice Mohammad Ali granted bail to the owner of Rana Plaza, Sohel Rana, in the case over the collapse plaza. [12] [13] The bail was canceled in April by Justice Md Abu Jafor Siddique. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "High Court to resume regular benches from Wednesday". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  3. ↑ "President appoints 26 DAGs". The Daily Star. 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  4. ↑ "Jobs of 4 HC judges regularised". The Daily Star. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  5. ↑ "3 jailed for life". The Daily Star. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  6. 1 2 "Convicted Adflame director gets HC bail". The Daily Star. 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  7. ↑ "Vote rigging: Convicted BCL leader gets bail". The Daily Star. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  8. ↑ "Rizvi gets HC bail in 5 cases". The Daily Star. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  9. ↑ "Shariat Boyati denied bail". The Daily Star. 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  10. ↑ "Derogatory remarks on PM: Mohila Dal leader Sonia granted HC bail". The Daily Star. 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  11. ↑ "Selection body for 'Chief Justice Medal' formed". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  12. 1 2 "SC chamber judge stays Sohel Rana's HC bail". The Daily Star. 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  13. ↑ "HC grants Rana Plaza owner bail in murder case". The Daily Star. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
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