Staff Reporter :
Three new judges to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court have been sworn into office by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
The three judges are Justice Mirza Hussain Haider, Justice Md Nizamul Huq, and Justice Mohammad Bazlur Rahman. Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha administered the oath taking ceremony held at Supreme Court Judges’ Lounge on Monday morning.
Supreme Court’s Registrar General Syed Aminul Islam moderated the oath-taking ceremony held at the judges’ lounge at 10am.
With the addition of the three, the number of judges to the Appellate Division stands at nine.
The Appellate Division, chaired by Chief Justice Sinha, has Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, Justice Md. Imman Ali and Justice Hasan Foez Siddique.
The second most senior judge of the High Court, Mirza Hussain Haider was enrolled as an advocate of the District Court, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in the years 1979, 1981 and 1999 respectively. He was elevated as additional judge of the High Court Division in 2001 and appointed as judge of the same Division under Article 95 of the Constitution in 2003.
Born on Mar 1, 1954, Justice Haider obtained LLB (Hons) and LLM from the University of Dhaka. Justice Md Nizamul Huq, born on Mar 15, 1950, obtained BSc (Hons), MSc and LLB degrees before starting in the law profession. He was enrolled as an advocate of the District Court, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1977, 1979 and 1999 respectively.
He was elevated as additional judge of the High Court Division in 2001 and appointed judge of the same Division in 2009. Justice Huq was also appointed as the Chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh, Dhaka in 2010.
Justice Mohammad Bazlur Rahman, born on April 12, 1955, has a BJur (Hons), an MJur and an MA from the University of Rajshahi.
He was enrolled as an advocate of the District Court and the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1984 and in 1987 respectively.
Rahman was elevated as additional judge of the High Court Division in 2001 and appointed judge of the same Division in 2009.
The law ministry had issued a gazette notification on the promotion of the judges on Sunday. The gazette was issued after President Md Abdul Hamid promoted them.
