A.S.M. Akram

Abu Saleh Muhammad Akram, better known as A.S.M. Akram, or Justice A.S.M. Akram (Bengali: বিচারপতি এ.এস.এম আকরাম, 1888–1968) was the first Chief Justice of Dacca High Court and a former justice of the Federal Court of Pakistan (now the Supreme Court of Pakistan).

Justice A.S.M. Akram
আবু ছালেহ মোহাম্মদ আকরম
Born	1888 Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died	1968 (aged 79–80) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Other names	Justice A.S.M. Akram
Occupation	Jurist
Known for	Chief Justice of Dacca High Court

Bengal Boundary Commission

Akram was one of the two members from Pakistan at the Bengal Boundary Commission for the Radcliff Award in June 1947.^{[1][better source needed][2]}

Pakistan

East Pakistan

Akram was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Dacca High Court after it was created in 1947.^[3]

Federal Court of Pakistan

In 1951, Akram became a judge of the Federal Court of Pakistan. In 1954 he was in line to succeed the retiring Chief Justice, Abdul Rashid but stood aside under pressure from Governor-General Ghulam Muhammad, and Justice Muhammad Munir was appointed instead.^[4]

In 1952, he led an inquiry against Khan Najaf Khan, a police official in connection with the assassination of Pakistan's first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan.^[5]

Council of Islamic Ideology

Akram became the first chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology, serving from 1 August 1962 to 5 February 1964.^[6]

Death

Akram died in Lahore in April 1968.