Mohi Uddin Shamim 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 ...

of the

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

Shamim was born on 19 May 1970. He has a bachelor's and master's 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 ...

. He did a second bachelor of law from the

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. He finished a Bar Vocational Course at the

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. He is registered at

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Career

Shamim became a lawyer of the District Courts on 1 April 1995. Shamim became a High Court Division lawyer on 20 April 2005. Shamim was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 31 May 2018. After his appointment, he and 17 new judges visited the mausoleum of

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

in Tungipara. In October, Shamim issued a dissent verdict rejecting the bail petition of Dr

Zafrullah Chowdhury Zafrullah Chowdhury (born 27 December 1941) is a Bangladeshi public health activist. He is the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra (meaning the People's Health Center in Bengali), a rural healthcare organisation. Dr. Chowdhury is known more for his ...

, founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, while his co-judge on the bench, Justice

Muhammad Abdul Hafiz Muhammad Abdul Hafiz is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life Hafiz was born on 1 June 1967. He completed his bachelor's degree and masters at the University of Dhaka. Career Hafiz joined the Dhaka Distri ...

, granted four weeks anticipatory bail in the extortion case. The case was then sent to the chief justice to be assigned to a different bench. Shamim and Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz granted bail to barrister

Mainul Hosein Mainul Hosein is a Bangladeshi lawyer and the publisher of the daily newspaper ''The New Nation''. He is the former chairman of the editorial board of ''The Daily Ittefaq'', whose building was shelled and completely demolished on 25 March 1971 b ...

in two defamation cases related to his comments on journalist Masuda Bhatti. Shamim was made a permanent Judge of the High Court Division on 30 May 2020 by President Md Abdul Hamid. Shmam and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder granted bail to the member of parliament from

Bogra-2 Bogra-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shariful Islam Jinnah of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) The Jatiya Party ( bn, জাতীয় পার্টি, translit=Jatiyo Par ...

and Jatiya Party politician,

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, in a corruption case. In April, Shamim and Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam summoned the District Commissioners of Dhaka and surrounding district over their failure to reduce air pollution. In August 2021, Shamim and Justice

Md Nazrul Islam Talukder Md. Nazrul Islam Talukder is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He is a member of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission. Early life Talukder was born on 1 December 1964. He has a bachelors and masters in law. Care ...

criticized the Anti-Corruption Commission for its failure to complete probes on time. In February 2022, Shamim and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin rejected petitions challenging the Digital Security Act cases against journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol allowing the cases to proceed. Shamim and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin granted bail to Dipti Rani Das, a juvenile college student from Dinajpur District, who had been jailed under the Digital Security Act for hurting religious comments through a Facebook comment. In May 2023, Shamim and Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah rejected the application of Robi Axiata challenging a lower court verdict which allowed the former CEO of Robi Axiata Mahtab Uddin Ahmed to proceed with his lawsuit over an unfair dismissal and compensation.

References

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