M Enayetur Rahim

M Enayetur Rahim is a justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] Earlier, he was justice of the High Court Division, Bangladesh Supreme Court. He also served as the chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal 1.[2] He is the president of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission.[3]

M Enayetur Rahim
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Assumed office
30 October 1986
Personal details
Born (1960-08-11) August 11, 1960
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
ProfessionJudge

Early life and education

Rahim was born on 11 August 1960 in the District of Dinajpur, Bangladesh.[4] His father M. Abdur Rahim, who was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-3 and mother Mrs. Nazma Rahim.[4] Rahim completed his master's degree in mass communication and journalism and a law degrees from the University of Dhaka.[4]

Career

Rahim became a lawyer of the District Courts on 30 October 1986.[4]

On 2 January 1989, Rahim became a lawyer on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[4]

On 15 May 2002, Rahim became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[4]

Rahim was elected as the Secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association in 2005.[5]

Rahim became Additional Attorney General for Bangladesh in January, 2009.[6]

Rahim was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 30 June 2009.[4]

Rahim was made a permanent Judge of the same Division on the 6 June 2011.[4]

On 1 August 2013, Rahim, Justice M Moazzem Husain, and Justice Quazi Reza Ul-Hoque in a verdict declared the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party cancelled.[7][8]

On 23 February 2014, Rahim was made the chairperson (head judge) of the International Crimes Tribunal-1.[9]

On 10 December 2020, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman granted bail to Dilip Khalko, a convicted rapist, after he married the victim, who was his cousin and 14 when she became pregnant after rape.[10]

On 26 August 2021, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman in a verdict declared that the Anti-Corruption Commission does not have the authority to freeze suspect's assets or bank accounts without the explicit authorization of the courts.[11] The verdict was given in a petition filed by a pharmacy owner in Cox's Bazar whose accounts in Social Islami Bank Limited were frozen on the orders of Md Sharif Uddin, assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission in Chittagong.[11]

On 10 September 2021, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman criticized Special Judge Court-5 judge Md Iqbal Hossain for granting bail to Deputy Inspector General of Prison Police Partha Gopal Banik in secret after Banik was arrested with 8 million in cash.[12] Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman rejected a petition that called for the High Court to direct the state to protect private phone conversations from being intercepted and recorded illegally on 29 September 2021.[13]

On 9 January 2022, Rahim was made a judge of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[14]

Personal life

Rahim's only Brother Iqbalur Rahim is a Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-3.[15]

References

  1. Staff Correspondent; bdnews24.com. "Four judges promoted to Supreme Court's Appellate Division". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  2. "Justice M Enayetur Rahim new ICT 1 chairman". Dhaka Tribune. 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  3. "Justice M Enayetur Rahim made chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission". The Business Standard. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  4. "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  5. Staff Correspondent; bdnews24.com. "Justice Enayetur Rahim new ICT-1 Chairman". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  6. Staff Correspondent (2009-01-30). "Enayet addl attorney general". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  7. "Jamaat's registration cancellation full verdict released". Risingbd. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  8. "Bangladesh HC cancels registration of right-wing party Jamaat-e-Islami - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  9. Staff Correspondent; bdnews24.com. "Justice Enayetur Rahim new ICT-1 Chairman". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  10. "HC grants 1-year bail to rape case convict after he marries victim". The Daily Star. 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  11. Report, Star Digital (2021-08-26). "ACC has no authority to freeze anyone's property, HC observes". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  12. Sarkar, Ashutosh (2021-09-10). "HC criticises judge for giving cop bail secretly". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  13. "HC rejects petition seeking order on preventing eavesdropping". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  14. "Appellate Division gets 4 new judges". theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  15. Report, Star Online (2019-09-13). "MP Abdur Rahim remembered". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
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