Faisal Mahmud Faizee is a former Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] He resigned from the court over allegations of having faked his law degree.
Faisal Mahmud Faizee | |
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| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
Career
editOn 31 October 2004, Faizee was withdrawn from the High Court Division by Chief Justice Syed JR Mudassir Husain after newspaper reports emerged questioning his law degree.[2][3] His father sued Bhorer Kagoj and Prothom Alo on contempt of court charges and won.[2][4]
On 24 April 2005, the Bangladesh Bar Council cancelled the enrolment certificate of Faizee due to his recorded birth date not matching the birth date on his birth certificate.[2][5] The decision was taken following a meeting of the council led by Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud.[2] The council also condemned the inclusion of Faizee in the High Court Division bench despite the controversy over his degree.[2] In December 2005, the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association called for Faizees removal due to disputes over his degree and receiving a reception from Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami activists in Chittagong.[6]
On 15 December 2006, Faizee sentenced former president of Bangladesh, Hussain Mohammad Ershad to two years imprisonment in a corruption case related to the purchase of 520 boats from Japan for relief operations after the 1989 Bangladesh floods.[7]
In 2007, the Supreme Judicial Council was created to investigate the charges against Faizee.[8][9] The University of Chittagong had cancelled his law degree and those of few others after it found evidence of tampering grade sheets in March.[10][11] He resigned on 12 July 2007, before conclusion of the investigation.[8]
Faizee is a member of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[12]
References
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- ^ a b c d e "Justice Faizee's advocate ship certificate cancelled, faces criminal case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "A Bangladeshi Judge Withdrawn from HC for Tampering with His Law Certificate - 2004-10-31". ভিওএ (in Bengali). 31 October 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "BANGLADESH". Committee to Protect Journalists. 21 March 2005. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Judge Faizee's Bar certificate cancelled". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "SCBA requests President to rescind appointment of Justice Faisal Mahmud Faizee". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Ershad gets two-year jail term". DAWN.COM. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ a b Sakib, Nazmus (13 March 2014). "SC exempts 5 in judge's certificate forgery case". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "SJC probes 4 SC judges in 38 years, Only one SC judge sacked, Two resigned, one found 'not guilty' - 35243.php-04-08". The Daily Observer. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Bangladesh judge faces certificate tampering charges". Hindustan Times. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Judge Faizee skips office". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Tarikat in good shape, AL divided, BNP silent". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 31 August 2023.