M Enayetur Rahim is a retired justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] Earlier, he was justice of the High Court Division, Bangladesh Supreme Court. He also served as the chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal 1.[2] He is the president of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission.[3]
M Enayetur Rahim | |
|---|---|
| former Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 30 October 1986 - 10 August 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 11, 1960 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Profession | Judge |
Early life and education
editRahim was born on 11 August 1960 in the district of Dinajpur, Bangladesh.[4] His father M. Abdur Rahim, who was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the member of parliament from Dinajpur-3 and mother Mrs. Nazma Rahim.[4] Rahim completed his master's degree in mass communication and journalism and a law degrees from the University of Dhaka.[4]
Career
editRahim became a lawyer of the District Courts on 30 October 1986.[4]
On 2 January 1989, Rahim became a lawyer on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[4]
On 15 May 2002, Rahim became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[4]
Rahim was elected as the secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association in 2005.[5]
Rahim became additional attorney general for Bangladesh in January, 2009.[6]
Rahim was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 30 June 2009.[4]
Rahim was made a permanent judge of the same division on the 6 June 2011.[4]
On 1 August 2013, Rahim, Justice M Moazzem Husain, and Justice Quazi Reza Ul-Hoque in a verdict declared the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party cancelled.[7][8]
On 23 February 2014, Rahim was made the chairperson (head judge) of the International Crimes Tribunal-1.[9]
On 10 December 2020, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman granted bail to Dilip Khalko, a convicted rapist, after he married the victim, who was his cousin and 14 when she became pregnant after rape.[10]
On 26 August 2021, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman in a verdict declared that the Anti-Corruption Commission does not have the authority to freeze a suspect's assets or bank accounts without the explicit authorization of the courts.[11] The verdict was given in a petition filed by a pharmacy owner in Cox's Bazar whose accounts in Social Islami Bank Limited were frozen on the orders of Md Sharif Uddin, assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission in Chittagong.[11]
On 10 September 2021, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman criticized Special Judge Court-5 judge Md Iqbal Hossain for granting bail to Deputy Inspector General of Prison Police Partha Gopal Banik in secret after Banik was arrested with 8 million in cash.[12] Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman rejected a petition that called for the High Court to direct the state to protect private phone conversations from being intercepted and recorded illegally on 29 September 2021.[13]
On 9 January 2022, Rahim was made a judge of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[14] On 10 August 2024, he has resigned in the face of student agitation.[15] Two murder cases were filed against him and his brother, including one by a leader of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal.[16]
Personal life
editRahim's only brother Iqbalur Rahim is a member of parliament from Dinajpur-3.[17]
References
edit- ^ "Four judges promoted to Supreme Court's Appellate Division". bdnews24.com. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "Justice M Enayetur Rahim new ICT 1 chairman". Dhaka Tribune. 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "Justice M Enayetur Rahim made chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission". The Business Standard. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "Justice Enayetur Rahim new ICT-1 Chairman". bdnews24.com. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "Enayet addl attorney general". The Daily Star. 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "Jamaat's registration cancellation full verdict released". Risingbd. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "Bangladesh HC cancels registration of right-wing party Jamaat-e-Islami". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "Justice Enayetur Rahim new ICT-1 Chairman". bdnews24.com. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "HC grants 1-year bail to rape case convict after he marries victim". The Daily Star. 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ a b "ACC has no authority to freeze anyone's property, HC observes". The Daily Star. 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ Sarkar, Ashutosh (2021-09-10). "HC criticises judge for giving cop bail secretly". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "HC rejects petition seeking order on preventing eavesdropping". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "Appellate Division gets 4 new judges". The Independent. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "Md. Ashfaqul Islam is the acting Chief Justice". Barta24. 2024-08-10. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
- ^ "Another murder case filed against ex-justice Enayetur Rahim, his brother ex-MP Iqbalur in Dinajpur". The Business Standard. 2024-09-06. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ "MP Abdur Rahim remembered". The Daily Star. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2022-01-12.