Sheikh Abdul Awal

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Sheikh Abdul Awal
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Assumed office
30 October 1986
Personal details
Born (1960-07-04) July 4, 1960 (age 63)
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

Sheikh Abdul Awal is a judge of the

Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]

Early life

Awal was born on 4 June 1960 to Sheikh Yousuff Ali and Saleha Begum.[2] He completed a M.A., M.S.S., and law degree.[2]

Career

Awal became a lawyer of the District Courts on 30 October 1986.[2]

On 26 February 1989, Awal became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[2]

Awal was appointed to the High Court Division as an additional judge on 23 August 2004.[2]

On 23 August 2006, Awal became a permanent judge of the High Court Division.[2]

On 26 August 2008, Awal and Justice Tariq ul Hakim granted bail to

Tariqul Hakim granted bail to Lutfozzaman Babar, former Minister of Home Affairs, who had been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment for illegal procession of weapons by Judge Sayed Jahed Mansur.[5]

On 8 March 2015, Awal and Justice

Abu Taher Mohammad Saifur Rahman granted bail to an Islamic State recruit and son of former judge of the High Court Division, Justice Abdus Salam Mamun.[6]

On 3 March 2010, Awal and Justice Md Iman Ali declared the death penalty under Women and Children Repression Prevention (Special) Act, 1995 illegal as it did not offer an alternate punishment besides the death penalty which was against the constitution of Bangladesh.[7] The verdict was delivered following a petition filed by Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust and Sukur Ali, a convicted murder and rapist sentenced to death under the act.[7]

On 21 July 2018, Awal and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty in a verdict found involvement of seven staff of the court system involved in forging bail order.[8] Awal and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty granted bail to Shahidul Alam.[9][10]

Awal and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty accepted the bail plea of two former inspector generals of police,

August 21 grenade attack case.[11]

References

  1. ^ "High Court to resume regular benches from Wednesday". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  3. ^ Staff Correspondent (2008-08-26). "12 more bigwigs get HC bail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  4. ^ "Saifur asked to go to lower court". The Daily Star. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  5. ^ Staff Correspondent (2008-10-17). "Babar granted ad-interim bail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  6. ^ Report, Star Online (2014-12-23). "Suspected IS recruit: Shuvo free to walk out of jail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  7. ^ a b "Death penalty declared illegal". The Daily Star. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  8. ^ "7 employees of HC involved in forging bail order". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  9. ^ "Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam granted bail by high court; lensman spent over 100 days in jail". Firstpost. 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  10. ^ "HC finally grants bail to Shahidul Alam". HC finally grants bail to Shahidul Alam | theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  11. ^ Staff Correspondent; bdnews24.com. "Aug 21 case: Two former IGPs sentenced to jail receive bail". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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