Nazrul Islam Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 2001 | |
| Chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-2 | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
Nazrul Islam Chowdhury is a retired justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1] [2] He is currently the chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-2. [3]
In 2001,Chowdhury was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division. [4]
In January 2003,Chowdhury and Justice M A Aziz declared the detention of Tofail Ahmed,a politician of the Awami League,who was arrested in December 2002. [5] On 3 July 2003,Chowdhury was appointed a permanent judge of the High Court Division. [4]
In May 2004,the Chief Justice nominated Chowdhury to the selection committee formed to pick the commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission. [6]
In September 2007,Chowdhury and Justice Ataur Rahman Khan rejected an appeal to quash the MiG-29 fighter planes corruption case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. [7]
In August 2011,Chowdhury and Justice Anwarul Haque expressed embarrassment and unwillingness to hear the bail hearing in a case against 13 lawyers. [8] The lawyers were accused of preventing police from discharging their duties. [8] The lawyers had created chaos in a court room after a judge observed in a hearing against Fazlul Haque Amini that some comments of former prime minister Khaleda Zia was seditious and quested her patriotism. [8]
In February 2016,Chowdhury stopped representing Mir Quasem Ali,a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician who had been accused of committing war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation War. [1]