Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury | |
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| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 9, 1953 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury is a retired judge of the Bangladesh High Court. [1]
Chowdhury was born on 9 January 1953 in Sylhet, East Pakistan. [2] completed his law degree, bachelor's, and master's in art from the University of Dhaka. [3]
On 17 March 1982, Chowdhury became an assistant judge in the judicial service of the Bangladesh Civil Service. [3]
On 1 March 1998, Chowdhury was promoted to district and district and session judge. [3]
On 23 August 2004, Chowdhury was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division. [3]
Chowdhury became a permanent judge on 23 August 2006. [3]
Barrister Rafique Ul Huq shouted and cursed at Chowdhury in a hearing. [4] Chowdhury and Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Huq summoned Rafique following a contempt of court petition against him following the outburst. [4] In March 2009, Chowdhury and Justice Syed AB Mahmudul Huq granted bail to Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddiky son of Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky in a defamation case filed by ASM Hannan Shah. [5] Chowdhuy and Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed heard a petition challenging the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord filed by a Bengali settler in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and Bangladesh Jammat e Islami lawyer. [6] Chowdhury and Syed AB Mahmudul Huq granted bail 199 students of University of Rajshahi and activists of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir in a case over assaulting a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader. [7] They granted bail to 24 Bangladesh Chhatra League activist in a case over the murder of a leader of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir. [8]
In May 2012, Chowdhury granted anticipatory bail to 30 Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. [9]
Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal scrapped a provision of the Anti Corruption Commission act which curtailed the independence of the commissioners in 2015. [10] He and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal issued a split verdict challenging the parliamentary membership of Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya who had been convicted in a corruption case. [11] He asked Maya for an explanation while Kamal rejected the petition. [11]
In April 2016, the Bangladesh Supreme Court to issue a verdict on the legality of Dhaka Metropolitan Police collecting information on tenants in Dhaka. [12] In March the court declared the collection legal and dismissed the petition. [13]
In October 2018, Chowdhury gave a split verdict with Justice Ashraful Kamal on a petition challenging the "fictitious" case filed by the government of Bangladesh against politicians of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [14] Chowdhury sought an explanation from the government why it should not be declared illegal while Kamal said the cases could not be called fictitious and should be properly investigated. [14] Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal asked the government to take action to prevent unnecessary C-sections. [15] Chowdhury and Justice J. B. M. Hassan stopped the recruitment exam of four state owned banks. [16] Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal asked the government to take against members of Bangladesh Police for trading Ya ba in Cox's Bazar District. [17] Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal asked the government to collect taxes from Facebook and Google. [18]
Chowdhury and Justice Md Ashraful Kamal in a verdict recognized Turag river as a living entity and ordered the eviction of encroachers. [19] [20] The verdict scrapped a lease by A. K. Azad of Ha-Meem Group on the banks of the river by Gazipur administration and noted river encroachers cannot contest elections. [19] In August 2019, ordered Chowdhury to finish the trial against Shahidul Alam, founder of Drik Gallery who had been arrested for spreading rumours, and which had been halted following a petition. [21] Chowdhury and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman asked the government not to harass Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. [22]
On 8 January 2020, Chowdhury retired from the High Court Division. [3] He was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited by Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar of the High Court Division in January 2021. [23] [24]
Chowdhury was appointed chairman of Destiny Group on 1 September 2022 on an order of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar of the High Court Division. [25]