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Md. Kamrul Hossain Mollah

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Md. Kamrul Hossain Mollah
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Assumed office
22 February 1984
Personal details
Born (1960-01-01) January 1, 1960 (age 64)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
ProfessionJudge

Md. Kamrul Hossain Molla is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1][2]

Early life

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Mollah was born on 1 January 1960 in Parulia, Palash Upazila, Narsingdi District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[3] He did his bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Dhaka.[3]

Career

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Mollah joined the judicial branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service on 22 February 1984 as a Munsif.[3]

On 5 May 1997, Mollah was promoted to Joint Sessions Judge.[3] He was promoted to Additional District Judge on 12 January 2004.[3]

In May 2008, as Judge of the judge of the special tribunal court, Molla sentenced to two members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh to life imprisonment in an explosives case.[4] On 28 April 2009, Molla was promoted to District and Sessions Judge.[3] He was made a senior District Judge on 28 April 2014.[3] In June 2015, as Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court, he issued arrest warrants against 33 politicians of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in a case over a bombing of a bus on 25 January 2015 in Mirpur Thana.[5]

In May 2016, Mollah issued arrest warrants against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 27 others in the Zia Orphanage corruption case and Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.[6]

In April 2017, Mollah, as the Judge of the Senior Special Judge's Court, issued an arrest warrant Mayor of Comilla City Corporation Monirul Haque Sakku in a case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission.[7] He found former President of Bangladesh, Hussain Mohammad Ershad, two former chiefs of Bangladesh Air Force, Momtaz Uddin Ahmed and Sultan Mahmud and AKM Musa, director of United Trading innocent in a 1992 corruption case related defence equipment purchase.[8]

On 31 May 2018, Mollah was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division.[3][9] After his appointment, Mollah and 17 other judges went to Gopalganj to pay tribute to the founding president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[10]

Mollah was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 30 May 2020 by President Md Abdul Hamid.[11][12]

Mollah and Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah ordered the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to remove All the Prime Minister's Men report by Al Jazeera from online sites.[13] In June 2021, Mollah and Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah criticised Judicial Magistrate Enayet Ullah for not granting bail in underage accused in a rape case violating the Children Act, 2013 and ordered his withdrawal.[14] In October 2021, Mollah and Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Mia stayed for three months a government allocation of protected forest land, 700 acre in Cox's Bazar, for construction of the Bangladesh Civil Service Academy.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "CJ administers oath-taking of 18 judges at office hours after virtual swearing-in". The Daily Star. 2020-05-31. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  2. ^ "18 High Court judges take oath". New Age. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  4. ^ "2 JMB men get life for keeping explosives in Jhenidah". The Daily Star. 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  5. ^ "Arrest warrant for Rafiqul, 32 other BNP men". The Daily Star. 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  6. ^ "Arrest warrant issued against Khaleda". The Daily Star. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  7. ^ "Graft case: Arrest order for Comilla city mayor". The Daily Star. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  8. ^ Halder, Chaitanya Chandra; Molla, Mohammad Al-Masum (2017-04-20). "24-year-old Defence Purchase Scam: Ershad, two other accused acquitted". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  9. ^ "18 new HC judges take oath". The Daily Star. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  10. ^ "New HC judges pay homage to Bangabandhu". The Daily Star. 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  11. ^ "President regularises appointment of 18 additional HC judges". The Daily Star. 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  12. ^ "18 HC judges sworn in". The Daily Star. 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  13. ^ "Make sure it's taken down: HC to BTRC". The Daily Star. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  14. ^ "Poor Handling of Case Against 4 Minors: HC orders action against 6 Barishal policemen". The Daily Star. 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
  15. ^ "Protected Forest: HC stays land allotment for civil service academy". The Daily Star. 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2023-07-09.