Md Akhtaruzzaman

Md Akhtaruzzaman
মো. আখতারুজ্জমান
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 October 2019
Personal details
Born (1966-01-01) 1 January 1966 (age 58)
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationPh.D. in law from the University of Dhaka
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka, University of Rajshahi
ProfessionJudge

Md Akhtaruzzaman is a justice on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] He was the trial judge in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case against former prime minister Khaleda Zia.[2]

Early life

Akhtaruzzaman was born on 1 January 1966.[3] He completed his bachelor's degree in law from the University of Rajshahi. He did his master's in law and philosophy from the University of Dhaka,[3] and his Ph.D. in law from the University of Dhaka.[3]

Career

Akhtaruzzaman started his legal practice at the District Courts on 27 May 1991.[3]

On 1 April 1993, Akhtaruzzaman joined the judicial branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service and was appointed an assistant judge.[3]

Akhtaruzzaman was promoted to district and sessions judge on 14 June 2015.[3] He was the judge of the Special Judge's Court-5 in Dhaka.[4]

On 30 October 2018, Akhtaruzzaman sentenced former prime minister Khaleda Zia to seven years imprisonment in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.[5][6]

On 21 October 2019, Akhtaruzzaman was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division.[3][7]

Akhtaruzzaman was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 19 October 2021.[8]

On 14 July 2022, Akhtaruzzaman granted bail to a former official of the ministry of land sentenced to five years imprisonment in a corruption case after he filed an appeal against the corruption.[9] The Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court criticized the verdict saying bail should not be given considering only the age of the convict.[9] Akhtaruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed of the High Court Division cancelled an order of the University of Dhaka demoting faculty member Samia Rahman for plagiarism on 4 August 2022.[10] On 18 October, Akhtaruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed ordered the government of Bangladesh to explain why its reconstitution of the board of trustees of Manarat International University should not be declared illegal.[11] Akhtaruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed declared illegal the decision of Jahangirnagar University to suspend two students for assaulting another student in November.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Newly appointed nine permanent judges sworn-in". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  2. ^ "Trial can go on without Khaleda's presence". The Daily Star. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  4. ^ "Jihad's Death in Well: Five railway men indicted". The Daily Star. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  5. ^ Liton, Shakhawat; Ch, Chaitanya; Halder, ra (2018-10-30). "Zia Charitable Trust Graft Case: Khaleda jailed for 7 years". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  6. ^ "A coercive trial, not a trial at all". The Daily Star. 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  7. ^ "President appoints 9 new additional judges". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  8. ^ "Nine HC judges take oaths". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  9. ^ a b Sarkar, Ashutosh (2022-09-27). "'Bail on mere grounds of age not rational'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  10. ^ "HC quashes DU order demoting Samia Rahman for plagiarism". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  11. ^ "Why Manarat's trustee board reform not illegal: HC to govt". The Daily Star. 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  12. ^ "JU decision to suspend 2 female students for assaulting a male student illegal: HC". The Daily Star. 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2023-05-10.