Kamrul Islam Siddiqui (Bangladeshi lawyer) explained

Kamrul Islam Siddiqui was a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]

Biography

Siddiqui was born in 1950 in Dargahpur, Assasuni Upazila, Satkhira District, East Bengal, Pakistan.[2]

On 28 August 2004, Siddiqui was appointed a judge of the High Court Division.[3]

Siddiqui served in a special committee to investigate the separation of the judiciary and executive branch in 2007.[4] In 2009, Siddiqui and Justice Mohammad Anwarul Haque refused to hear a petition related to cantonment residence of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as they had handled documents related to the property.[5]

In July 2012, Siddiqui and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party men accused of killing a bus driver in an arson attack.[6]

On 29 May 2017, Siddiqui retired from the High Court Division.

Siddiqui died on 19 August 2018 at the Ibne Sina Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Huda . Muhammad Nurul . 2018-09-07 . Remembering Justice Kamrul Islam . 2024-06-06 . The Daily Star . en.
  2. Web site: Justice Kamrul Islam Siddiqui no more - - observerbd.com . 2024-06-06 . The Daily Observer.
  3. Web site: 2024-06-06 . Justice Kamrul Islam Siddiqui dies . 2024-06-06 . www.newagebd.net . en.
  4. Web site: 2007-10-22 . 3 hill dists to stay out of judiciary separation . 2024-06-06 . The Daily Star . en.
  5. Web site: Sarkar . Ashutosh . 2009-05-14 . 'Feeling embarrassed' one kind of rights of judges . 2024-06-06 . The Daily Star . en.
  6. Web site: 2012-07-03 . 8 BNP men get bail . 2024-06-06 . The Daily Star . en.
  7. Web site: 2018-08-19 . Justice Kamrul Islam Siddiqui passes away . 2024-06-06 . The Daily Star . en.