Md. Shohrowardi is a 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 ...

Bangladesh Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সুপ্রীম কোর্ট) is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, and was created by Part VI C ...

Early life

Shohrowardi was born on 5 December 1970. He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in law from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

Career

Shohrowardi became a lawyer of the district courts on 16 October 1994. On 29 September 1996, Shohrowardi became a lawyer of the

. Shohrowardi became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 23 October 2014. Shohrowardi was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 12 February 2015. On 15 September, Shohrowardi was made a judge of the International Crimes Tribunal-1. Shohrowardi was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 8 February 2017. On 20 April, Shohrowardi, as part of a bench with Justice

Anwarul Haque Anwarul Haque ( – 13 July 2017) was a Bangladesh Supreme Court justice who served as the Chairman of International Crimes Tribunal-1. Education Haque completed Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from Dhaka Government Muslim High School and Hi ...

and Justice Md Shahinur Islam, sentenced Syed Mohammad Hussain and Muhammad Moslem Pradhan to death for taking part in war crimes during

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. In July 2017, he was sent back from the International Crimes Tribunal to the High Court Division as per his wish. In November 2018, Shohrowardi and Justice

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, issued an order asking the Bangladesh Election Commission to register Trinamool BNP formed by

Nazmul Huda Nazmul Huda (born 6 January 1943) is a Bangladeshi barrister and politician. He served as the minister of information (1991–1996) and the minister of communications (2001–2006) of the government of Bangladesh. He was a 4-term Jatiya Sangsad ...

. 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 Mymensingh-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2016 by Jewel Areng of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhobaura Upazila, Dhobaura and Haluaghat Upazila, Haluag ...

in the 11th parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on 31 December 2018.

References

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