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Kamrul Islam Siddiqui (Bangladeshi lawyer)

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Kamrul Islam Siddiqui
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

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

Biography

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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.[3]

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

References

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