Nazrul Islam Chowdhury (judge)

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Nazrul Islam Chowdhury
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
2001
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NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

Nazrul Islam Chowdhury is a retired justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1] [2]

Career

In 2001, Chowdhury was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division. [3]

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. [4] On 3 July 2003, Chowdhury was appointed a permanent judge of the High Court Division. [3]

In May 2004, the Chief Justice nominated Chowdhury to the selection committee formed to pick the commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission. [5]

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. [6]

In August 2011, Chowdhury and Justice Anwarul Haque expressed embarrassment and unwillingness to hear the bail hearing in a case against 13 lawyers. [7] The lawyers were accused of preventing police from discharging their duties. [7] 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. [7]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Shaon, Ashif Islam (15 February 2015). "Retired judge quits as Mir Quasem counsel". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Law minister bins 'speculations'". The Daily Star. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  3. 1 2 "Five additional judges of HC get job confirmation". The Daily Star. 3 July 2003. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Detention of Tofail, Saleem Illegal: HC". The Daily Star. 2003-01-15. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  5. ↑ "Law & Our Rights: Selection body formed for anti-graft commission". The Daily Star. 16 May 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "HC rejects appeal to quash MiG case". The Daily Star. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  7. 1 2 3 "Law and Our Rights: Judge embarrassed to hear 'banned' lawyers' bail plea". The Daily Star. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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