Md. Emdadul Haque Azad

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Md. Emdadul Haque Azad
Born16 October 1956
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater University of Rajshahi
Occupation(s)Lawyer, judge

Md. Emdadul Haque Azad is a retired judge of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1] [2]

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Early life

Azad was born on 16 October 1956. [3] He completed his law degree from the University of Rajshahi. [3]

Career

Azad started working in the district court of Rajshahi on 11 March 1985. [3]

Azad became a lawyer in the High Court Division on 13 April 1987. [3]

On 27 February 2001, Azad was appointed a lawyer of the Appellate Division. [3]

Azad was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 23 August 2004 and was made permanent judge on 23 August 2006. [3]

Azad and Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader stopped a scam case against Ali Asgar Lobi, former Bangladesh Nationalist Party member of parliament from Khulna-2, in July 2008. [4] Azad and Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader stopped the proceeding of a case against the wife of Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, former minister of health in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. [5] The bench did not grant bail to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Awami League mayor of Chittagong. [6] [7] Azad was one of 19 judges who opposed a High Court order asking the government to reinstate 10 judges whose appointment was not confirmed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. [8] In August 2008, Azad and Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader granted bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia in the Barapukuria coal mine corruption case. [9] The bench also halted the case against the wife of Sadeque Hossain Khoka, former Bangladesh Nationalist Party mayor of Dhaka. [10] [11] It granted bail to Ashraf Hossain, parliamentary whip of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission about the construction of the Gulistan Jatrabari flyover. [12]

Azad and Justice AFM Abdur Rahman in November 2009 asked the minister of home affairs, Sahara Khatun, to explain extrajudicial killings by the Rapid Action Battalion. [13]

He retired on 15 October 2023. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "14 sugar traders get bail". The Daily Star. 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. ↑ "OC among 8 cops summoned in B'baria". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  4. ↑ "Proceedings against ex-MP Lobi stayed". The Daily Star. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  5. ↑ "Proceedings of graft case against Mosharraf's wife stayed". The Daily Star. 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  6. ↑ "HC bench drops from docket bail petitions of Hasina, Selim". The Daily Star. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  7. ↑ "HC refuses to hear Ctg mayor's bail petition". The Daily Star. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  8. ↑ "19 sitting judges oppose HC rule". The Daily Star. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  9. ↑ "Tarique secures bail in all 13 cases against him". The Daily Star. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  10. ↑ "Proceedings against Khoka's wife stayed". The Daily Star. 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  11. ↑ "Khoka Faces Anti –Corruption Charges, Gets anticipatory Bails". VOA (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  12. ↑ "Ex-whip Ashraf gets HC bail". The Daily Star. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  13. ↑ "Law and Our Rights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  14. ↑ "Justice Emdadul absent on last working day, cites illness". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
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