A.F.M. Abdur Rahman

A F M Abdur Rahman (born 5 July 1951) is a justice of the High Court division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh.^[1] He was elevated to the High Court Division as additional judge on 27 April 2003 ^[2]and confirmed as a permanent judge on 27 April 2005 by the then President of Bangladesh Iajuddin Ahmed.

Early life and education

Rahman's family is from Munshi Bari of village Baluakandi, Gazaria Upazila, Munshiganj District. But he was born on 5 July 1951 at Bot-tola, Metiabruz, Calcutta. His father was a physician who was the fifth Muslim medical graduate of Calcutta Medical College graduated in the year 1930 with distinction, and practiced in Garden Reach, 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India until 1960. Then he returned to East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh), and worked as physician. He founded Gozaria Thana Jonokollan Shomity at Calcutta in 1948. He also worked as medical officer of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka from 1964 to 1966. He died on 6 July 1989. His mother was Mosammat Mohsena Begum. She died on 4 January 1997.

Rahman obtained LLB (Dhaka University), LLB (London University), LLM (California) US. He is a Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln's Inn, London, England, having his call to the English Bar on 26 July 2001.^[3] He will retire on 4 July 2018.^[4]

He soon became a reputed lawyer for his excellent art of advancing arguments before the courts. In 1996 he further obtained LLB from University of London and there after called to the English Bar on 26 July 2001 as Barrister-at-Law of Lincolns Inn, London.

Career

Rahman was initially an advocate enrolled by the Bangladesh Bar Council on 3 February 1979, consequent to his obtaining LLB in 1977 from University of Dhaka. He joined Dhaka District Court, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court as an advocate on 3 February 1979, 16 September 1982 and 14 January 2000 respectively. His field of practice in the subordinate judiciary was civil law, family law, banking law etc. and in the High Court Division writ matters, civil matters, admiralty matters, company matters etc.

Rahman participated in the international seminars and workshops on law and legal affairs held in the UK, Malaysia, Singapore, India and Nepal.

Family

Rahman's brothers are A. F. M. Abdur Rab, A. H. M. Saidul Islam, A. H. M Shafiul Islam, A. M. M. Sadequl Islam and A. S. M. Hafizur Rahman. His sisters are Kurshid Jahan Chowdhury, Akhter Jahan Hoque, Mahtab Jahan Khan and Silvy Sahnaj.

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