Md. Bashir Ullah

Md. Bashir Ullah is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He is a former Deputy Attorney General of Bangladesh.^[1]

Bashir Ullah was born on 31 December 1967.^[2] He has a Bachelor of Law, a Master of Social Science, and a Master of Philosophy.^[2] He completed his PhD at Jahangirnagar University.^[2] He has a diploma from Dhaka International University.^[2]

Bashir Ullah started his legal practice on 31 August 1996. He became a lawyer in the High Court Division on 12 December 2001.^[2]

From 5 April 2008 to 29 April 2017, Bashir Ullah served as a faculty of Jahangirnagar University and Demra Law College.^[2] Bashir Ullah became an Assistant Attorney General of Bangladesh on 20 April 2009.^[2] He was promoted to Deputy Attorney General on 22 May 2013.^[2]

Bashir Ullah became a lawyer of the Appellate Division on 29 March 2018.^[2] He represented the government against Shahidul Alam.^[3] Bashir Ullah served as the Deputy Attorney General till 30 July 2022 and was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 31 July.^[2][4] In October 2022, Bashir Ullah and Justice Jahangir Hossain confirmed the death penalty of five in the Aftab Ahmed murder case.^[5]

In January, Bashir Ullah and Justice Zafar Ahmed asked the government to explain why retired government officials cannot contest elections within three years of their retirement following a petition filed by retired Brigadier General Md Shamim Kamal.^[6] In June 2023, Bashir Ullah and Justice Zafar Ahmed scrapped a petition filed by Mohammad Zahangir Alam challenging his suspension from the post mayor of Gazipur.^[7]

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