Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo
Native Name:কাজী ইজারুল হক আকন্দো
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Term Start:14 June 2012
Birth Date:24 May 1971
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Parents:Late Md. Ismail Hossain Akondo (father)
Most. Hasina Begum (mother)
Profession:Judge
Alma Mater:University of Dhaka

Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo (born 24 May 1971) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division. He was appointed in 2012.[1]

Early life

Akondo was born on 24 May 1971.[2] He completed his bachelor's and master's from the University of Dhaka.

Career

Akondo started working as a district court lawyer on 1 April 1995.

On 30 October 1997, Akondo became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Akondo was appointed a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 14 June 2012. In June 2014, he was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division.[3]

In May 2014, Akondo and Justice Farah Mahbub issued a split verdict on 25 May 2014 on a petition filed by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[4] The petition called the appointment of Special Judge Basudeb Roy to the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case was illegal. Akondo ordered for the petition to be scrapped while Mahbub ordered a freezing of the trust corruption trial. The chief justice appointed Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque to solve the issue.

On 14 December 2015, Akondo and Justice Farah Mahbub asked the government to explain the legal basis behind the construction of a market near Balda Garden in Wari, Old Dhaka.[5] The order was issued after The Daily Star reported a road beside the garden was leased by Dhaka South City Corporation to Awami League members to build the market.\

In February 2021, Akondo and Justice AKM Asaduzzaman granted bail to a journalist in a case filed under the Digital Security Act by Deputy Commissioner of Kishoreganj District Md Sarwar Murshed Chowdhury.[6] Akondo and Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz extended the bail of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia by one year on 28 September 2021.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual Report 2016. Supreme Court of Bangladesh. 22 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh. 10 February 2022. www.supremecourt.gov.bd.
  3. Web site: Sarkar. Ashutosh. 1 June 2014. Govt to confirm jobs of 6 additional judges. 10 February 2022. The Daily Star. en.
  4. Web site: Correspondent. Court. bdnews24.com. Witness deposition in Khaleda cases on Oct 26. 10 February 2022. bdnews24.com.
  5. Web site: Report. Star Online. 14 December 2015. Market's legality near Baldha Garden questioned. 10 February 2022. The Daily Star. en.
  6. Web site: Report. Star Digital. 8 February 2021. Digital Security Act: HC grants bail to journalist arrested for 'threatening Kishoreganj DC on Facebook'. 10 February 2022. The Daily Star. en.
  7. Web site: BNP chief Khaleda Zia's bail extended by one year in five cases. 10 February 2022. New Age. en.