Moinul Islam Chowdhury

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Md. Moinul Islam Chowdhury
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
1984
Personal details
Born (1957-04-07) April 7, 1957 (age 67)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater University of Dhaka
ProfessionJudge

Md. Moinul Islam Chowdhury is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1] [2]

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Early life

Chowdhury was born on 7 April 1957. [3] He completed his bachelor's in law and another in art from the University of Dhaka. [3] He completed his master's in history from the University of Dhaka. [3] He completed another law degree from the University of Essex and joined the Lincoln's Inn. [3]

Career

Chowdhury started his legal practice in 1984 at the Dhaka Court. [3]

In 1986, Chowdhury became a lawyer on the High Court Division. [3]

Chowdhury started practicing in the highest court of the country, the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court, in 2002. [3]

On 30 June 2009, Chowdhury was appointed an additional judge on the High Court Division and on 6 June 2011 his appointed to the court was made permanent. [3]

In April 2013, Chowdhury and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo convicted Dr Miah Mohiuddin in the case of the murder of S Taher Ahmed. [4]

In April 2015, the corruption case against Zubaida Rahman, wife of Tareque Rahman, reached Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan's docket. [5] The corruption case was filed on 26 September 2007 by the Anti Corruption Commission against Tareque Rahman, Zubaida Rahman, and Iqbal Mand Banu. [5] In May, Hossain and Justice JBM Hassan dropped the bail petition of Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Mirza Abbas. [6] In March 2016, Hossain and Justice JBM Hassan declared the government eviction of stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh outside of their designated refugee camp legal. [7] It ordered the government to rehabilitate those who had Bangladesh identity papers and were loyal to the country. [7]

On 4 January 2017, Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan ordered the investigation into the allegation against AKM Salim Osman of humiliating Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, principal of Piyar Sattar Latif High School in Narayanganj District. [8] Hossain was sued under the Digital Security Act. [9]

In August 2019, Chowdhury and Justice Khizir Hayat denied bail to Moazzem Hossain, a police officer and investigator of the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, recording and releasing the dying statement of the murder victim on social media. [10]

In March 2021, Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Huq upheld the corruption conviction on Awami League member of parliament Haji Mohammad Salim from April 2008. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "High Court to resume regular benches from Wednesday". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  2. ↑ "HC issues rule on ninth wage board for newsmen". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  4. ↑ "HC convicts colleague of RU Prof murder". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  5. 1 2 "HC to hear Zubaida's plea against graft case Apr 22". The Daily Star. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  6. ↑ "HC drops Abbas' bail plea from hearing list". The Daily Star. 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  7. 1 2 "Eviction outside camps legal". The Daily Star. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  8. ↑ "Submit judicial probe report by Jan 19: HC". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  9. ↑ "Police finally 'find', arrest Feni OC". The Daily Star. 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  10. ↑ "Ex-OC Moazzem seeks bail again". The Daily Star. 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  11. ↑ "Graft case: HC upholds 10 years' imprisonment of Haji Salim". The Daily Star. 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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