Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury

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Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
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Born (1953-01-09) January 9, 1953 (age 71)
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury is a retired judge of the Bangladesh High Court. [1]

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Early life

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]

Career

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]

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  1. ↑ Chowdhury, JusticeMoyeenul Islam (2022-02-05). "Importance of autopsy report in the administration of criminal justice". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  2. ↑ "Justice Moyeenul goes on retirement". The New Nation. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury retires today". The Business Standard. 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  4. 1 2 "Contempt rule on barrister Rafique". The Daily Star. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  5. ↑ "HC grants bail to Irad Siddiky". The Daily Star. 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  6. ↑ "HC appoints 2 amici curiae on CHT issue". The Daily Star. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  7. ↑ "HC grants bail to 199 RU Shibir activists". The Daily Star. 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  8. ↑ "HC grants bail to 24 RU BCL men". The Daily Star. 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  9. ↑ "Law and Our Rights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  10. ↑ "HC scraps a provision of ACC law". The Daily Star. 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  11. 1 2 "Split order on Maya's legitimacy as MP". The Daily Star. 2015-08-17. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  12. ↑ "DMP info collection: SC wants decision on legality by May 31". The Daily Star. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  13. ↑ "Writ over tenant info collection rejected". jagonews24.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  14. 1 2 "HC gives split order on legality of recent 'fictitious' cases". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  15. ↑ "Formulate policy to tackle unnecessary C-sections: HC". Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  16. ↑ "HC postpones recruitment test in state-run banks". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  17. ↑ "HC rule on action against police officers for selling yaba". Bangla Tribune. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  18. ↑ "Realise revenues from Google, Facebook: HC". The Daily Star. 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  19. 1 2 "Land Grabbers Can't Contest Election, Seek Loans, Bangladesh Court Rules". The Wire. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  20. ↑ "Text of HC verdict declaring Turag 'juristic person' released". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  21. ↑ "Probe into Shahidul Alam case to remain on hold". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  22. ↑ "HC asks govt not to harass Prof Yunus". The Daily Star. 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  23. ↑ "Board of Directors – Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited" . Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  24. ↑ "Bangladesh Bank high officials harbour financial thugs: HC". New Age. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  25. ↑ "Destiny 2000 Ltd board reconstituted with Justice Moyeenul Islam as chairman - National". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  26. ↑ "Maintainability of Writ Petition : An Appraisal - Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury". www.rokomari.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
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