Muhammad Imman Ali

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Muhammad Imman Ali
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
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NationalityBangladeshi
Parent(s)Israil Ali (Farther)
Alifjan Bibi (Mother)
Profession Judge

Muhammad Imman Ali (born 1 January 1956) is a retired justice in the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1] He is dual Nationality Bangladeshi/British.

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Early life

Ali was born in East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (now Bangladesh) [2] on 1 January 1956 to Israil Ali and Alifjan Bibi. [3]

Career

Ali started his career as an advocate on 21 June 1979. [3] From September 1998 to February 2001, Ali served as the Deputy Attorney General of Bangladesh. [4]

On 22 February 2001, Ali was appointed a Judge on the Bangladesh High Court. [3] He taught at the Judicial Administration Training Institute. [4]

His book, Towards a Justice Delivery System for Children in Bangladesh, was published in 2010 by UNICEF. [4] In March 2010, Justice Md Abu Tariq and Ali declared it illegal to try people under a repealed law following a convict who had been sentenced to death under Women and Child Repression Act, 1995 which was replaced by the Women and Child Abuse Suppression Act, 2000. [5] On 23 February 2011, Ali was appointed to the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [3]

In 2015, Ali was part of a bench led by A. B. M. Khairul Haque that ordered Fatwa could not violate Bangladeshi laws. [6]

Ali was part of the bench that declared 16th Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, the right of parliament to impeach judges, illegal in 2017. [7]

In November 2018, Ali temporarily served as the Chief Justice of Bangladesh. [8] Ali further served as the temporary chief justice in July 2019. [9]

In September 2019, he upheld the bail order on Toufique Imrose Khalidi who was facing criminal charges by the Anti Corruption Commission. [10]

On 2 September 2021, Ali pardoned Ashraful Islam Ashraf, a lawyer, who made offensive remarks about the chief justice on Facebook. [11] He presided over a ceremony of Bangladesh International Mediation Society in October 2021. [12]

On 26 October 2021, Ali ordered Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime to investigate the assets of Rajarbagh Darbar Shareef and its head Dillur Rahman. [13]

After the retirement of Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hasan, Ali was the senior-most judge in the Appellate Division. Scheduled to retire a year later, he was passed over for the top job and immediately went on a leave of absence. Justice Hasan Foez Siddique was appointed as 23rd Chief Justice. [14] Ali retired in December 2022.

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References

  1. ↑ "Supreme Court Appellate Division Justice Muhammad Imman Ali Luccha". Daily Sun. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  2. ↑ "Biographical data form of Justice Muhammad Imman Ali, Candidate of Bangladesh to the Committee on the Rights of the Child" (DOC). United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  4. 1 2 3 "Muhammad Imman Ali, Judge of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh". International Juvenile Justice Observatory . Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  5. ↑ "HC declares death under outdated law illegal". Bdnews24.com . Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  6. ↑ Sarkar, Ashutosh (20 January 2015). "Fatwa must not violate laws". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  7. ↑ "SC releases full text of verdict on 16th amendment". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  8. ↑ "Acting Chief Justice Muhammad Imman Ali". Bangla Tribune. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  9. ↑ "Justice Imman Ali to work as acting CJ July 14–19". New Age. Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  10. ↑ "SC upholds bdnews24.com editor's bail". banglanews24.com. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  11. ↑ "Top court pardons a lawyer who made 'offensive' remarks on CJ". bdnews24.com. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  12. ↑ "Mediation can play big role in easing backlog of cases: CJ". The Independent. Dhaka. Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  13. ↑ "Probe into Rajarbagh Pir's assets, militancy link to continue". The Business Standard. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  14. ↑ "Hasan Foez Siddique new CJ". The Daily Star. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
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