Mohammad Abdur Rashid was a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] He is former chairperson of Law Commission of Bangladesh.[2]
Rashid was born in 1942 in Chasara, Narayanganj District, East Bengal, British India.[3] He did a Bachelor of Science and another in law.
From 1968 to 1969, Rashid worked at the Mymensingh District bar.
Rashid became a lawyer of the High Court Division in 1976.
Rashid was appointed judge of the High Court Division on 24 October 1999.[4]
Rashid retired from the High Court Division on 26 January 2009. He was appointed chairperson of Bangladesh Law Commission on 2 April 2009.
On 19 October 2010, Rashid resigned from the post of chairperson of Bangladesh Law Commission following a disagreement with the government. The Ministry of Law was unhappy with the activities of the commission.
Rashid asked the Supreme Court to rewrite the verdict on the 16th constitutional amendment to reduce the confusion created by the verdict declaring the act of parliament illegal.[5] The act empowered the parliament to remove judges on certain grounds.
Rashid died on 24 October 2023 at United Hospital, Dhaka. He had a heart attack while watching a cricket match between Afghanistan and Pakistan and was rushed to Monowara Hospital. He was later shifted to United Hospital.