Tariq ul Hakim
Bangladeshi Judge
Tariq ul Hakim is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
Early life
Justice Tariqul Ul Hakim son of a diplomat and third generation High Court Justice in Bangladesh, after his father Justice Maksum-ul-Hakim former ambassador and justice of the Bangladesh High Court and his maternal grandfather Justice Amin Ahmed former Chief Justice of East Pakistan.
Hakim completed his legal education, postgraduate law degree from the UK and was called to Bar of England and Wales from Gray's Inn.
Career
In August 2004, Hakim and Justice Abdul Matin ordered the government to release thousands of prisoners detained without a trial, described in the verdict as a violation of prisoners constitutional rights.
Hakim and Justice Farah Mahbub granted bail in November 2008 to former Prime Minister Moudud Ahmed in the Fixed Deposit Receipt embezzlement case. On 15 September 2008, bombs were thrown at the official residence of Hakim in judges' complex in Kakrail, Dhaka. On 11 October, bombs were thrown at the official residence of another judge, Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader, in the complex. Following which, Justice Md Imman Ali and Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam sought an investigative report on the incidents from the government.
In May 2009, Hakim and Justice Zinat Ara accepted the petition by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia challenging the government cancellation of the allocation of her house in Dhaka Cantonment. The Court adjourned the trial after the government assured it that Zia wouldn't be evicted before the trial started.
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