Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Abdur Rob (justice)
Bangladeshi Judge From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Abdur Rob is a justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1][2]
Early life
Abdur Rob was born on 10 September 1958.[3] He did his bachelor's degree and master's in political science from the University of Dhaka.[3] He also finished his law degree at the University of Dhaka.[3]
Career
Summarize
Perspective
Abdur Rob became a lawyer of the District Courts in 1987.[3]
In 1990, Abdur Rob moved up to become a lawyer in the High Court Division and the Supreme Court in 2002.[3]
Abdur Rob was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 18 April 2010.[3] He was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 15 April 2012.[3]
In July 2012, Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub ordered Bangladesh Biman to reinstate employees fired under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme in 2007.[4] Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub ordered Rapid Action Battalion in August to investigate the Aminbazar killing of seven students.[5] Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub declared an amendment to the constitution of Bangladesh Cricket Board by the National Sports Council illegal.[6] Their order was stayed by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain of the Appellate Division.[6] Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub summoned AM Md Sayeed, Kishoreganj District and sessions judge for failure to reinstate process servers fired in 2007 and who had secured a High Court verdict in their favor.[7]
In January 2014, Abdur Rob and Justice Shahidul Islam gave a split verdict in the 2007 Narsingdi murder case in which seven were sentenced to death.[8] Abdur Rob upheld the death sentences while Islam had turned it down.[8] Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha then heard the case and upheld the death sentences.[8]
In August 2015, Abdur Rob and Justice Md Nuruzzaman rejected a petition by former prime minister Khaleda Zia seeking files on the Barapukuria coal mine corruption case.[9] They lifted the freeze on the coal mine case and ordered proceedings to begin.[10] Abdur Rob and Justice Md Nuruzzaman denied bail to the mayor of Habiganj, Golam Kibria Gaus, in the Shah A M S Kibria murder case.[11]
Remove ads
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads