Mohammad Tafazzul Islam
17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Mohammad Tafazzul Islam (born 8 February 1943) is a Bangladeshi who served as the 17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh.
Early life and education
Islam was born on 8 February 1943 in Lalpur village of Tippera district, British India (now in Titas Upazila, Bangladesh). His father, Momtazuddin Ahmed, was a police officer. Islam graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in history from the University of Dhaka, continuing to complete his master's in the same subject and then graduated with Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) under the University of Dhaka. Later he completed a postgraduate diploma Bar vocational course and became a Barrister-at-Law in 1967. Islam stood first in Bangla recitation in the literary competition of Salimullah Muslim Hall in years 1959 and 1960. While doing the BVC in London, he was a news broadcaster in BBC.
Career
Islam was called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 1967. He enrolled as an advocate of the High Court of East Pakistan in 1969. Later, in 1980, he became an advocate in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
He was elevated to the bench in 1994, as a judge of the High Court Division, and then to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2003.
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