Md. Emdadul Haque Azad

Md. Emdadul Haque Azad
Born16 October 1956
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Rajshahi
Occupation(s)Lawyer, judge

Md. Emdadul Haque Azad is a retired judge of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1][2]

Early life

Azad was born on 16 October 1956.[3] He completed his law degree from the University of Rajshahi.[3]

Career

Azad started working in the district court of Rajshahi on 11 March 1985.[3]

Azad became a lawyer in the High Court Division on 13 April 1987.[3]

On 27 February 2001, Azad was appointed a lawyer of the Appellate Division.[3]

Azad was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 23 August 2004 and was made permanent judge on 23 August 2006.[3]

Azad and Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader stopped a scam case against Ali Asgar Lobi, former Bangladesh Nationalist Party member of parliament from Khulna-2, in July 2008.[4] Azad and Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader stopped the proceeding of a case against the wife of Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, former minister of health in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[5] The bench did not grant bail to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Awami League mayor of Chittagong.[6][7] Azad was one of 19 judges who opposed a High Court order asking the government to reinstate 10 judges whose appointment was not confirmed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[8] In August 2008, Azad and Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader granted bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia in the Barapukuria coal mine corruption case.[9] The bench also halted the case against the wife of Sadeque Hossain Khoka, former Bangladesh Nationalist Party mayor of Dhaka.[10][11] It granted bail to Ashraf Hossain, parliamentary whip of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission about the construction of the Gulistan Jatrabari flyover.[12]

Azad and Justice AFM Abdur Rahman in November 2009 asked the minister of home affairs, Sahara Khatun, to explain extrajudicial killings by the Rapid Action Battalion.[13]

He retired on 15 October 2023.[14]

References

  1. ^ "14 sugar traders get bail". The Daily Star. 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  2. ^ "OC among 8 cops summoned in B'baria". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  4. ^ "Proceedings against ex-MP Lobi stayed". The Daily Star. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  5. ^ "Proceedings of graft case against Mosharraf's wife stayed". The Daily Star. 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  6. ^ "HC bench drops from docket bail petitions of Hasina, Selim". The Daily Star. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  7. ^ "HC refuses to hear Ctg mayor's bail petition". The Daily Star. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  8. ^ "19 sitting judges oppose HC rule". The Daily Star. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  9. ^ "Tarique secures bail in all 13 cases against him". The Daily Star. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  10. ^ "Proceedings against Khoka's wife stayed". The Daily Star. 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  11. ^ "Khoka Faces Anti –Corruption Charges, Gets anticipatory Bails". VOA (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  12. ^ "Ex-whip Ashraf gets HC bail". The Daily Star. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  13. ^ "Law and Our Rights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  14. ^ "Justice Emdadul absent on last working day, cites illness". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-10-15.