Syed Aminul Islam

Syed Aminul Islam is the first registrar general of the Bangladesh Supreme Court and member of the Justice Division Reform Commission of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.^[1][2] He is a former director of the National Legal Aid Services Organisation.^[3][4] He is a former district judge and chairman of the Minimum Wage Board.^[5][6]

Career

Islam served as a district and sessions judge.^[7]

In 2014, Islam was a director of the National Legal Aid Services Organisation.^[8] According to him from 2001 to 2008 only 3 percent of the allocated legal aid fund was utilized by the public.^[9]

Islam was serving as a registrar of the Supreme Court in 2014.^[10] He signed the gazette notification for dismissing Additional Attorney General M Khalilur Rahman who was also a prosecutor for the International Crimes Tribunal.^[11][12] He started the process for the digitalization of services in the higher courts.^[13]

Islam was appointed the first registrar general of the Bangladesh Supreme Court in June 2015.^[10] The post of registrar general was created following the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs approving a proposal by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.^[10] He oversaw the death reference of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, war crimes convict, after his appeal was denied by the Supreme Court.^[14] In 2016, he collected recording of a talk show on Somoy TV so that the Appellate Division could examine it to see if there were any comments in the show made in contempt of the court.^[15]

In October 2017, Islam reported that the judges of the Appellate Division refused to sit with Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha following 11 allegations of corruption by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.^[16] He was appointed chairman of the Minimum Wage Board as part of major changes in the personnel of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.^[17][18] Sinha expressed concern over the independence of the judiciary after being forced to flee to Australia by the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.^[17][19][20] Islam signed a statement that Sinha said he would resign but instead took leave and left the country for Australia.^[21]

Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Islam was included in the Justice Division Reform Commission created by the Muhammad Yunus led interim government.^[22][23] In July 2025, his allotment of a flat in the Dhanmondi Housing Project was cancelled by the government of Bangladesh.^[24]