Md. Ashfaqul Islam
Md. Ashfaqul Islam | |
|---|---|
আশফাকুল ইসলাম | |
| Chief Justice of Bangladesh | |
| Acting | |
| In office 10 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Obaidul Hassan |
| Succeeded by | Syed Refaat Ahmed |
| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
Md. Ashfaqul Islam is a judge of the Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh.[1]
Early life
[edit]Islam was born on 15 July 1959. His father was A. K. M. Nurul Islam, former Vice President of Bangladesh. He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in law from the University of Dhaka.[2]
Career
[edit]Islam became a lawyer of the district court in 1983.[2]
In 1985, Islam became a lawyer of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[2] On 27 August 2003, Islam was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division.[2] He was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division 27 August 2005.[2]
On 14 December 2010, Islam and Justice SM Emdadul Hoque issued a verdict against Gulshan Club ordering them to pay taxes and rejected its claim to tax-exempt status.[3]
On 21 June 2011, Islam and Justice M. Moazzam Husain issued a contempt of court ruling against the government of Bangladesh for preventing Barrister Nasir Uddin Asim, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, and his family from leaving the country despite securing a verdict of the High Court Division that asked the government not to obstruct him from travelling abroad.[4][5]
On 3 August 2013, Justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and A B M Altaf Hossain summoned Jamaluddin Ahmed, Chairman of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, for not upgrading the seats of High Court Division Judges Md Ashfaqul Islam and Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque from economy class to business class.[6]
On 7 April 2015, Islam and Justice Kashefa Hussain issued contempt of court ruling against Md Mosharraf Hossain, director of Bangladesh Shishu Academy, and Tariqul Islam, Secretary of Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, for failing to return land of Bangladesh Supreme Court occupied by the Shishu Academy.[7]
Islam and Justice KM Kamrul Kader issued a contempt of court ruling on 1 March 2018 against the Director General of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence, Brigadier General Ali Ahmad Khan, Director General of Bangladesh Railway, Md Amzad Hossain, and Director of Operation and Maintenance Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence Major Shakil Newaz for failure to obey a High Court order directing them to pay compensation to the family of Jihad. Jihad was four year old who fell down a well shaft on 26 December 2014 at Shahjahanpur Railway Colony. The Fire Department was called and they failed to find the boy and declared no one was inside the well.[8] The next day the body of the boy was recovered from the well by locals. On 3 December 2018, Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali rejected a petition by Andaleeve Rahman Partho, Chairman of Bangladesh Jatiya Party, seeking electronic voting machines for election in his constituency of Bhola-1 for the next parliamentary elections.[9]
On 8 December 2020, Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali ordered the government of Bangladesh to remove illegal structures built in banks of the Karnaphuli.[10]
Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali issued a verdict against Bangladesh Bank on 18 March for not including more information on the role of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[11] On 13 December 2021, Islam and Justice Iqbal Kabir Lytton upheld the copyright of claim of Sheikh Abdul Hakim, ghost writer of Masud Rana, to over 300 books.[12]
On 14 March 2022, Islam and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir ordered the government to take steps to translate laws from English to Bengali.[13] He elevated to the Appellate Division from High Court in December 2022.
Following the resignation of Obaidul Hassan in the aftermath of protests against the court during the Non-cooperation movement (2024) on 10 August, Islam was named acting chief justice of Bangladesh,[14] before the appointment of Syed Refaat Ahmed to this position on the same day.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "HC summons industries secretary over tannery relocation". The Daily Star. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (14 December 2010). "Gulshan Club not exempted from paying income tax". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Law and Our Rights". www.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (20 June 2011). "Barrister Asim barred from leaving country". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "HC summons Biman chairman over possible contempt of court". The Daily Star. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Contempt rule against 2 govt high-ups". The Daily Star. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "3 govt officials face contempt rule for not compensating to Jihad's family". The Daily Star. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "HC rejects Andaleeve's write seeking EVMs in Bhola-1". The Financial Express. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "HC orders to remove illegal structures along Karnaphuli river in Ctg area". The Daily Star. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "'Distortion of history' in Bangladesh Bank's book an unpardonable offence: HC". The Daily Star. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Masud Rana Series: HC upholds order of copyright to Sheikh Abdul Hakim". The Daily Star. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "High Court orders formation of committee to translate laws to Bengali". www.dhakatribune.com. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Ashfaqul Islam appointed as acting chief justice". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Report, Star Digital (10 August 2024). "Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed appointed chief justice". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 August 2024.