Sheikh Rezowan Ali
Sheikh Rezowan Ali | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
Sheikh Rezowan Ali is a retired justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2000, as the metropolitan sessions judge, Ali was the judge of the Humayun Zahir murder case, who was a director of the United Commercial Bank Limited which was forcibly taken over by Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu.[2][3][4]
On 6 November 2002, Ali and Justice Gour Gopal Saha issued a verdict which stated courts must record the reason for allowing additional evidence in an ongoing trial.[5] On 3 July 2003, Ali was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division by President Iajuddin Ahmed.[6]
In September 2008, Ali and Justice Md Rais Uddin rejected the bail petition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case filed by Noor Ali, a businessman, following a petition by her lawyer Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.[7][8] The bail petition was contested by the government of Bangladesh.[9]
In January 2009, Ali and Justice Md Rais Uddin asked law enforcement agencies to not harass prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the Niko corruption case and the barge-mounted power plant corruption case.[10]
In May 2010, Ali and Justice Habibul Gani granted bail to Mehnaz Rashid, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Khandaker Abdur Rashid, in a case filed over a bomb attack on Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.[11] In July 2010, Ali and Ali and Justice Md Habibul Gani halted the murder trial against 11, including justice Md. Ruhul Quddus, over the 1988 murder of a Islami Chhatra Shibir activist at the University of Rajshahi.[12]
In June 2011, Ali and Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz granted bail to Abdus Salam Pintu and Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu in a case filed over the 2001 Narayanganj bombing.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "SC invites TIB for tea". The Daily Star. 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Hearing adjourned till Jan 23". The Daily Star. 2000-01-18. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Fresh arguments in Humayun Zahir Murder Case begin". The Daily Star. 2000-01-17. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ Mahmud, Arshad (1999-08-28). "Official accused of storming bank in Bangladesh". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Law & Our Rights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Five additional judges of HC get job confirmation". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "High Court Rejects Hasina's Bail Petition, AL Regrets". VOA. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Hasina files bail petition in extortion case". The Daily Star. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Govt keenly fights Hasina's bail bid". The Daily Star. 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Don't harass Hasina for graft cases". The Daily Star. 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Mehnaz gets bail". The Daily Star. 2010-05-03. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Murder case against Ruhul Quddus stayed". The Daily Star. 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- ^ "Salam, Pintu get bail". The Daily Star. 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2023-08-28.