Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo
Native Name:কাজী ইজারুল হক আকন্দো
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Term Start:14 June 2012
Birth Date:24 May 1971
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Profession:Judge
Alma Mater:University of Dhaka

Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo (born 24 May 1971) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division. He was appointed in 2012.[1]

Early life

Akondo was born on 24 May 1971.[2] He completed his bachelor's and master's from the University of Dhaka.

Career

Akondo started working as a district court lawyer on 1 April 1995.

On 30 October 1997, Akondo became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Akondo was appointed a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 14 June 2012. In June 2014, he was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division.[3]

In May 2014, Akondo and Justice Farah Mahbub issued a split verdict on 25 May 2014 on a petition filed by former prime minister Khaleda Zia.[4] The petition called the appointment of Special Judge Basudeb Roy to the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case illegal. Akondo ordered for the petition to be scrapped while Mahbub ordered a freezing of the trust corruption trial. The chief justice appointed Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque to solve the issue.

On 14 December 2015, Akondo and Justice Farah Mahbub asked the government to explain the legal basis behind the construction of a market near Balda Garden in Wari, Old Dhaka.[5] The order was issued after The Daily Star reported a road beside the garden was leased by Dhaka South City Corporation to Awami League members to build the market.\

In February 2021, Akondo and Justice AKM Asaduzzaman granted bail to a journalist in a case filed under the Digital Security Act by Deputy Commissioner of Kishoreganj District Md Sarwar Murshed Chowdhury.[6] Akondo and Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz extended the bail of former prime minister Khaleda Zia by one year on 28 September 2021.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual Report 2016 . Supreme Court of Bangladesh . 22 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh . 10 February 2022 . www.supremecourt.gov.bd.
  3. News: Sarkar . Ashutosh . 1 June 2014 . Govt to confirm jobs of 6 additional judges . 10 February 2022 . The Daily Star . en.
  4. News: Witness deposition in Khaleda cases on Oct 26 . 10 February 2022 . bdnews24.com . 13 October 2014.
  5. News: 14 December 2015 . Market's legality near Baldha Garden questioned . 10 February 2022 . The Daily Star . en.
  6. News: 8 February 2021 . Digital Security Act: HC grants bail to journalist arrested for 'threatening Kishoreganj DC on Facebook' . 10 February 2022 . The Daily Star . en.
  7. News: BNP chief Khaleda Zia's bail extended by one year in five cases . 10 February 2022 . New Age . en.