A. T. M. Fazle Kabir

The Honourable A. T. M. Fazle Kabir
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 March 2011
Personal details
Born	(1947-01-01) 1 January 1947 (age 78)
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Profession	Judge

A. T. M. Fazle Kabir is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He is a former judge of the International Crimes Tribunal.[1][2] He is a former member of the law commission of Bangladesh.[3]

Early life

Fazle Kabir was born on 1 January 1947 in Chamagram, Chapai Nawabganj District, East Bengal, British India.[4]

Career

In March 2010, Fazle Kabir and Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain ordered the government to protect Madhupur National Park in Tangail District.[5]

Fazle Kabir was appointed the International Crimes Tribunal judge on 25 March 2011.[4]

On 22 March 2013, Kabir was appointed the chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-2.[4] He replaced Justice Md Nizamul Huq.[6] In December 2013, a petrol bomb was thrown at his home in Chapai Nawabganj District.[7] He had sentenced Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Delwar Hossain Sayeedi to death and Ghulam Azam to life imprisonment.[1][8][9] He issued a contempt of court rule against Human Rights Watch for criticizing the verdict against Ghulam Azam.[10]

Fazle Kabir retired on 1 January 2014.[4] On 23 January, he was appointed member of the Bangladesh Law Commission.[6]

In May 2016, Bangladesh Law Commission issued a recommendation signed by its commissioners ABM Khairul Haque, M Shah Alam and ATM Fazle Kabir that the Bangladesh Press Council be given the authority to suspend the publication of a newspaper for 30 days.[11] The Press Council responded that it did not want such authority.[11]

References

1. "ICT judge Fazle Kabir retires". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
2. Manik, Julfikar Ali; Yardley, Jim (2013-03-01). "Death Toll From Bangladesh Unrest Reaches 44". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
3. "CJ's brother made law commission member". New Age. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
4. Khan, Mahbubur Rahman (2014-01-01). "Justice Kabir retires as tribunal-1 chief". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
5. "Save Modhupur sal forest". The Daily Star. 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
6. "Fazle Kabir made Law Commission member". Dhaka Tribune. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
7. "War tribunal judge's home attacked". The Daily Star. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
8. Baul, Tapas K.; Afroz, Tureen (2015-11-18). "Bangladesh's Chowdhury was prosecuted fairly". The Hill. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
9. "Bangladesh MP Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury to hang for war crimes". BBC News. 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
10. "Bangladesh: contempt notice against HRW". The Hindu. 2013-09-02. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
11. "30-day closure of newspaper advised". Prothomalo. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2023-08-30.