Md. Shohrowardi

Md. Shohrowardi is a Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]

Md. Shohrowardi
মো. সোহরাওয়ার্দী
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Assumed office
12 February 2015
Personal details
Born (1970-11-05) November 5, 1970
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
ProfessionJudge

Early life

Shohrowardi was born on 5 December 1970.[2] He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in law from the University of Dhaka.[2]

Career

Shohrowardi became a lawyer of the district courts on 16 October 1994.[2]

On 29 September 1996, Shohrowardi became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[2]

Shohrowardi became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 23 October 2014.[2]

Shohrowardi was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 12 February 2015.[2] On 15 September, Shohrowardi was made a judge of the International Crimes Tribunal-1.[3]

Shohrowardi was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 8 February 2017.[4] On 20 April, Shohrowardi, as part of a bench with Justice Anwarul Haque and Justice Md Shahinur Islam, sentenced Syed Mohammad Hussain and Muhammad Moslem Pradhan to death for taking part in war crimes during Bangladesh Liberation war.[5] In July 2017, he was sent back from the International Crimes Tribunal to the High Court Division as per his wish.[6]

In November 2018, Shohrowardi and Justice Tariq ul Hakim, issued an order asking the Bangladesh Election Commission to register Trinamool BNP formed by Nazmul Huda.[7] In December 2018, Shohrowardi and Justice Tariq ul Hakim, issued an order asking the Bangladesh Election Commission to accept the candidacy of Afzal H Khan for Mymensingh-1 in the 11th parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on 31 December 2018.[8]

References
  1. "High Court to resume regular benches from Wednesday". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  2. "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  3. "One war tribunal reshuffled, other made dormant". The Daily Star. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  4. jagonews24.com. "President appoints 8 High Court judges". jagonews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  5. Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra (2017-04-20). "2 Kishoreganj men sentenced to death". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  6. Staff Correspondent (2017-10-12). "War crimes court reconstituted". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  7. "High Court orders EC to register Nazmul Huda's Trinamool BNP". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  8. "Khaleda's Polls Bid: CJ assigns another HC bench to hear her petitions". The Daily Star. 2018-12-13. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.