Md. Emdadul Haque Azad | |
|---|---|
 Azad in 2025 | |
| Born | 16 October 1956 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| 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]
Azad was born on 16 October 1956. [3] He completed his law degree from the University of Rajshahi. [3]
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] [15]
In November 2024, He was appointed as the director general (DG) of the Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI). [16] [17]
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