| Muhammad Imman Ali | |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Profession: | Judge |
| Parents: | Israil Ali (Farther) Alifjan Bibi (Mother) |
Muhammad Imman Ali (born 1 January 1956) is a retired justice in the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] He is dual Nationality Bangladeshi/British.
Ali was born in East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (now Bangladesh)[2] on 1 January 1956 to Israil Ali and Alifjan Bibi.[3]
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.[4]
On 22 February 2001, Ali was appointed a Judge on the Bangladesh High Court. He taught at the Judicial Administration Training Institute.[4]
His book, Towards a Justice Delivery System for Children in Bangladesh, was published in 2010 by UNICEF.[4] In March 2010, Justice Md Abu Tariq and Ali declared it illegal to try people under a repealed law following a convict who had been sentenced to death under Women and Child Repression Act, 1995 which was replaced by the Women and Child Abuse Suppression Act, 2000.[5] On 23 February 2011, Ali was appointed to the Bangladesh Supreme Court.
In 2015, Ali was part of a bench led by A. B. M. Khairul Haque that ordered Fatwa could not violate Bangladeshi laws.[6]
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.[7]
In November 2018, Ali temporarily served as the Chief Justice of Bangladesh.[8] Ali further served as the temporary chief justice in July 2019.[9]
In September 2019, he upheld the bail order on Toufique Imrose Khalidi who was facing criminal charges by the Anti Corruption Commission.[10]
On 2 September 2021, Ali pardoned Ashraful Islam Ashraf, a lawyer, who made offensive remarks about the chief justice on Facebook.[11] He presided over a ceremony of Bangladesh International Mediation Society in October 2021.[12]
On 26 October 2021, Ali ordered Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime to investigate the assets of Rajarbagh Darbar Shareef and its head Dillur Rahman.[13]
After the retirement of Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hasan, Ali was the senior-most judge in the Appellate Division. Scheduled to retire a year later, he was passed over for the top job and immediately went on a leave of absence. Justice Hasan Foez Siddique was appointed as 23rd Chief Justice.[14] Ali retired in December 2022.