M Akram Hossain Chowdhury
M Akram Hossain Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
M Akram Hossain Chowdhury is a judge on the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]
Early life
[edit]Chowdhury was born on 25 April 1959.[2] He has a bachelor's of art and another in law from the University of Dhaka.[2]
Career
[edit]Chowdhury started his legal practice on 26 October 1987 in the district courts and in the High Court on 30 October 1989.[2]
Chowdhury was appointed the deputy attorney general of Bangladesh in February 2009.[3]
Chowdhury was appointed to an additional judge of the High Court Division on 12 December 2010 and was made a permanent judge on 10 December 2012 by President Zillur Rahman.[2][4]
In February 2014, Chowdhury and Justice M Enayetur Rahim sentenced three people to life imprisonment over the murder of Commodore Ghulam Rabbani, former managing director of Korean Export Processing Zone, in 2004.[5] Chowdhury and Justice Sayed AB Mahmudul Huq granted one year bail to Helena Pasha of Adflame Pharmaceuticals in an adulteration case in which she was sentenced to ten years imprisonment.[6] In the 1990s a number of children died after consuming contaminated children's paracetamol syrup.[6]
In June 2016, Chowdhury and Justice Md Habibul Gani granted bail to an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League who had been convicted on election rigging during union elections in Hathazari Upazila.[7] Chowdhury and Justice Md Habibul Gani granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Rizvi Ahmed in five different criminal cases.[8]
Justice Md Emdadul Huq and Chowdhury denied bail to folk singer Shariat Boyati in a case over "hurting the religious sentiments" of Muslims.[9]
On 3 October 2022, Chowdhury and Justice Shahed Nuruddin granted bail to a leader of Rajbari District unit of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal in a defamation case for making derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[10] He was a member of the Chief Justice Medal selection committee.[11]
In 2023, Chowdhury and Justice Mohammad Ali granted bail to the owner of Rana Plaza, Sohel Rana, in the case over the collapse plaza.[12][13] The bail was canceled in April by Justice Md Abu Jafor Siddique.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "High Court to resume regular benches from Wednesday". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ a b c d "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "President appoints 26 DAGs". The Daily Star. 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Jobs of 4 HC judges regularised". The Daily Star. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "3 jailed for life". The Daily Star. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ a b "Convicted Adflame director gets HC bail". The Daily Star. 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Vote rigging: Convicted BCL leader gets bail". The Daily Star. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Rizvi gets HC bail in 5 cases". The Daily Star. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Shariat Boyati denied bail". The Daily Star. 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Derogatory remarks on PM: Mohila Dal leader Sonia granted HC bail". The Daily Star. 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Selection body for 'Chief Justice Medal' formed". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ a b "SC chamber judge stays Sohel Rana's HC bail". The Daily Star. 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "HC grants Rana Plaza owner bail in murder case". The Daily Star. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-06-26.