Muhammad Imman Ali

Muhammad Imman Ali is justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]

Early life

Ali was born on 1 January 1956 to Israil Ali and Alifjan Bibi.[2]

Career

Ali started his career as an advocate on 21 June 1979.[2]

From September 1998 to February 2001, Ali served as the Deputy Attorney General of Bangladesh.[3]

On 22 February 2001, Ali was appointed a Judge on the Bangladesh High Court.[2] He taught at the Judicial Administration Training Institute.[3]

Ali's book, Towards a Justice Delivery System for Children in Bangladesh, was published in 2010 by UNICEF.[3] On 23 February 2011, Ali was appointed to the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[2]

In 2015, Ali was part of a bench led by A. B. M. Khairul Haque that ordered Fatwa could not violate Bangladeshi laws.[4]

Ali was part of the bench that declared 16th Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, the right of parliament to impeach judges, illegal in 2017.[5]

In November 2018, Ali temporarily served as the Chief Justice of Bangladesh.[6] Ali further served as the temporary chief justice in July 2019.[7] In September 2019, he upheld the bail order on Toufique Imrose Khalidi who was facing criminal charges by the Anti Corruption Commission.[8]

On 2 September 2021, Ali pardoned Ashraful Islam Ashraf, a lawyer, who made offensive remarks about the chief justice on Facebook.[9] He presided over a ceremony of Bangladesh International Mediation Society in October 2021.[10] On 26 October 2021, Ali ordered Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime to investigate the assets of Rajarbagh Darbar Shareef and its head Dillur Rahman.[11] After retirement of 22nd Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hasan he was the most Senior Justice in Appellate division who supposed to be Chief Justice. Unfortunately, he was superseded and Justice Hasan Foyez Siddique was appointed as 23rd Chief Justice. He immediately went on a long leave.[12] He is supposed to retire on 31st December, 2021 and he sought 9 months leave on 31st march, 2022 to visit his mother in London.

References
  1. sun, daily. "Supreme Court Appellate Division Justice Muhammad Imman Ali | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  2. "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  3. "Muhammad Imman Ali, Judge of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh". International Juvenile Justice Observatory. Retrieved 20 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Sarkar, Ashutosh (2015-01-26). "Fatwa must not violate laws". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  5. Online, Asian Age. "SC releases full text of verdict on 16th amendment | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  6. "Acting Chief Justice Muhammad Imman Ali | banglatribune.com". Bangla Tribune. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  7. "Justice Imman Ali to work as acting CJ July 14–19". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  8. "SC upholds bdnews24.com editor's bail". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-12-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Top court pardons a lawyer who made 'offensive' remarks on CJ". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Mediation can play big role in easing backlog of cases: CJ". Mediation can play big role in easing backlog of cases: CJ | theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  11. "Probe into Rajarbagh Pir's assets, militancy link to continue". The Business Standard. 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  12. Staff Correspondent (2021-12-31). "Hasan Foez Siddique new CJ". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
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