Muhammad Imman Ali (born 1 January 1956) is a justice in the Appellate Division of the

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Early life

Ali was born in

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, Dominion of Pakistan (now Bangladesh) on 1 January 1956 to Israil Ali and Alifjan Bibi.

Career

Ali started his career as an advocate on 21 June 1979. From September 1998 to February 2001, Ali served as the Deputy Attorney General of Bangladesh. On 22 February 2001, Ali was appointed a Judge on the

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. He taught at the Judicial Administration Training Institute. His book, ''Towards a Justice Delivery System for Children in Bangladesh'', was published in 2010 by

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. On 23 February 2011, Ali was appointed to the

. In 2015, Ali was part of a bench led by A. B. M. Khairul Haque that ordered Fatwa could not violate Bangladeshi laws. Ali was part of the bench that declared 16th Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, the right of parliament to impeach judges, illegal in 2017. In November 2018, Ali temporarily served as the

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. Ali further served as the temporary chief justice in July 2019. In September 2019, he upheld the bail order on Toufique Imrose Khalidi who was facing criminal charges by the Anti Corruption Commission. On 2 September 2021, Ali pardoned Ashraful Islam Ashraf, a lawyer, who made offensive remarks about the chief justice on

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. He presided over a ceremony of Bangladesh International Mediation Society in October 2021. On 26 October 2021, Ali ordered Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime to investigate the assets of Rajarbagh Darbar Shareef and its head Dillur Rahman. After the retirement of 22nd Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hasan, Ali was the most Senior Justice in Appellate division who supposed to be Chief Justice. However, he was superseded and Justice Hasan Foyez Siddique was appointed as 23rd Chief Justice. He immediately went on a lengthy leave of absence. He was scheduled supposed to retire on 31 December 2021.

References

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