M Enayetur Rahim | |
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Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
Assumed office 30 October 1986 | |
Personal details | |
Born | August 11, 1960 |
Nationality | Bangladesh |
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Profession | Judge |
M Enayetur Rahim is a justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1] Earlier, he was justice of the High Court Division, Bangladesh Supreme Court. He also served as the chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal 1. [2]
Rahim was born on 11 August 1960 in the District of Dinajpur, Bangladesh. [3] His father M. Abdur Rahim, who was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-3 and mother Mrs. Nazma Rahim. [3] Rahim completed his master's degree in mass communication and journalism and a law degrees from the University of Dhaka. [3]
Rahim became a lawyer of the District Courts on 30 October 1986. [3]
On 2 January 1989, Rahim became a lawyer on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [3]
On 15 May 2002, Rahim became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [3]
Rahim was elected as the Secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association in 2005. [4]
Rahim became Additional Attorney General for Bangladesh in January, 2009. [5]
Rahim was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 30 June 2009. [3]
Rahim was made a permanent Judge of the same Division on the 6 June 2011. [3]
On 1 August 2013, Rahim, Justice M Moazzem Husain, and Justice Quazi Reza Ul-Hoque in a verdict declared the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party cancelled. [6] [7]
On 23 February 2014, Rahim was made the chairperson (head judge) of the International Crimes Tribunal-1. [8]
On 10 December 2020, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman granted bail to Dilip Khalko, a convicted rapist, after he married the victim, who was his cousin and 14 when she became pregnant after rape. [9]
On 26 August 2021, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman in a verdict declared that the Anti-Corruption Commission does not have the authority to freeze suspect's assets or bank accounts without the explicit authorization of the courts. [10] The verdict was given in a petition filed by a pharmacy owner in Cox's Bazar whose accounts in Social Islami Bank Limited were frozen on the orders of Md Sharif Uddin, assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission in Chittagong. [10]
On 10 September 2021, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman criticized Special Judge Court-5 judge Md Iqbal Hossain for granting bail to Deputy Inspector General of Prison Police Partha Gopal Banik in secret after Banik was arrested with 8 million in cash. [11] Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman rejected a petition that called for the High Court to direct the state to protect private phone conversations from being intercepted and recorded illegally on 29 September 2021. [12]
On 9 January 2022, Rahim was made a judge of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [13]
Rahim's only Brother Iqbalur Rahim is a Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-3. [14]
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