Mohammad Abdur Rashid (judge)
Mohammad Abdur Rashid was a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] He is former chairperson of Law Commission of Bangladesh.[2] Early lifeAbdur Rashid was born in 1942 in Chasara, Narayanganj District, East Bengal, British India.[3] He did a Bachelor of Science and another in law.[3] CareerFrom 1968 to 1969, Abdur Rashid worked at the Mymensingh District bar.[3] Abdur Rashid became a lawyer of the High Court Division in 1976.[3] Abdur Rashid was appointed judge of the High Court Division on 24 October 1999.[4] Abdur Rashid retired from the High Court Division on 26 January 2009.[4] He was appointed chairperson of Bangladesh Law Commission on 2 April 2009.[4] On 19 October 2010, Abdur Rashid resigned from the post of chairperson of Bangladesh Law Commission following a disagreement with the government.[4] The Ministry of Law was unhappy with the activities of the commission.[3] Abdur Rashid asked the Supreme Court to rewrite the verdict on the 16th constitutional amendment to reduce the confusion created by the verdict declaring the act of parliament illegal.[5] The act empowered the parliament to remove judges on certain grounds.[5] DeathAbdur Rashid died on 24 October 2023 at United Hospital, Dhaka.[4] He had a heart attack while watching a cricket match between Afghanistan and Pakistan and was rushed to Monowara Hospital.[4] He was later shifted to United Hospital.[4] References
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