S.M. Mozibur Rahman (born 12 June 1955) 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 ...
. He was appointed in 2015.
Early life
Rahman was born on 12 July 1966.
He completed a bachelors of arts and another bachelors of law.
Career
Rahman joined as a district Munsif on 22 February 1984.
On 9 May 2007, Rahman was promoted to District Judge.
On 12 February 2015, Rahman was made an additional judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
In January 2017, Rahman and Justice Zinat Ara granted anticipatory bail to Afsan Chowdhury, professor of
BRAC University, in case filed
Masud Uddin Chowdhury
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Career
Chowdhury was ...
. over a Facebook post. Rahman became a permanent judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 8 February 2017.
In November 2018, Rahman and Justice
A. K. M. Asaduzzaman
A. K. M. Asaduzzaman is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Early life
Asaduzzaman was born on 1 March 1959. He completed his bachelors and masters in law from University of Rajshahi.
Career
Asaduzzaman joined the ...
granted bail to former Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia in an arson case filed in Comilla in January 2015.
Rahman and Justice A. K. M. Asaduzzaman granted bail to the editor of Amar Desh online,
Mahmudur Rahman, in a case over making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina and
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Rahman and Justice A. K. M. Asaduzzaman granted bail to former Awami League member of parliament
Amanur Rahman Khan Rana on 14 March 2019 in the 2013 Faruk Ahmed murder case.
On 8 March 2020, Rahman and Justice A. K. M. Asaduzzaman cancelled the bail to G.K. Shamim, a well known contractor.
In November 2021, Rahman was removed from a bench overseeing corruption cases by the chief justice after getting into an argument with fellow Justice
Md Nazrul Islam Talukder.
He was replaced by Justice
A. K. M. Zahirul Huq.
In January 2022, Rahman and Justice Md. Habibul Gani refused to grant bail to sister of journalist Kanak Sarwar in a
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case.
References
Living people
1955 births
Supreme Court of Bangladesh justices
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