Md. Shahinur Islam (born 7 April 1958) is a Bangladeshi justice of the
High Court Division
The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, হাইকোর্ট ডিভিশন) popularly known as the 'High Court' is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Appellate D ...
and International Crimes Tribunal.
Early life
Islam was born on 7 April 1958.
He completed his bachelors in law from the
University of Rajshahi
The University of Rajshahi, also known as Rajshahi University or RU ( bn, রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), is a public co-educational research university in Bangladesh situated near the northern Bangladeshi cit ...
.
Career
Islam enrolled at the
Mymensingh District
Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is a district in Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh, and is bordered on the north by Meghalaya, a state of India and the Garo Hills, on the south by Gazipur District, on the east by the districts of Ne ...
Bar in 1983 and practised criminal law in the
Sessions Court
A Sessions Court or even known as the Court of Sessions Judge is a court of law which exists in several Commonwealth countries. A Court of Session is the highest criminal court in a district and the court of first instance for trying serious offe ...
as well as High Court.
Islam was appointed the District Munsiff Court on 20 April 1983.
On 13 January 2001, Islam was promoted to District and Sessions Judge and worked in
Habiganj District
Habiganj ( bn, হবিগঞ্জ, Hobigonj), formerly known as Habibganj ( bn, হবিবগঞ্জ, Hobibgonj), is a district in north-eastern Bangladesh, located in the Sylhet Division. It was established as a district in 1984 as a succ ...
and
Narail District
Narail ( bn, নড়াইল, pron: ''nɔɽail'') is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Khulna Division.
History
Narail town was named after a feudal lord (a zamindar). The zamindars established a market at Roopgonj, als ...
.
He was then stationed in the Government Servant Administrative Tribunal.
In April 2010, Islam was appointed to the
International Crimes Tribunal as its registrar.
On 22 March 2012, Islam was appointed member of the second International Crimes Tribunal.
Islam was appointed Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 5 August 2013.
Islam was an expert in the Law of Criminal Procedure and Appeals. He also handled quasi-civil matters under the Negotiable Instruments Act, Customs Act, Excise Act and in prosecution cases in Company Law. Elevated to the Bench in 2014.
He was appointed in 2015.
On 11 October 2017, Islam was appointed head judge/chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-1. The post fell vacant after the death of the previous chairman Justice
Anwarul Haque.
On 24 November 2021, Islam sentenced
Abdul Momen Talukder, former Bangladesh Nationalist Party member of parliament, to death on war crimes charges.
References
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Living people
1958 births
University of Rajshahi alumni
Supreme Court of Bangladesh justices