| M Enayetur Rahim | |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | former Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh |
| Term Start: | 30 October 1986 - 10 August 2024 |
| Birth Date: | 11 August 1960 |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Profession: | Judge |
| Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
M Enayetur Rahim is a retired justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] Earlier, he was justice of the High Court Division, Bangladesh Supreme Court. He also served as the chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal 1.[2] He is the president of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission.[3]
Rahim was born on 11 August 1960 in the district of Dinajpur, Bangladesh. His father M. Abdur Rahim, who was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the member of parliament from Dinajpur-3 and mother Mrs. Nazma Rahim.[4] Rahim completed his master's degree in mass communication and journalism and a law degrees from the University of Dhaka.
Rahim became a lawyer of the District Courts on 30 October 1986.
On 2 January 1989, Rahim became a lawyer on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
On 15 May 2002, Rahim became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Rahim was elected as the secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association in 2005.[5]
Rahim became additional attorney general for Bangladesh in January, 2009.[6]
Rahim was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 30 June 2009.
Rahim was made a permanent judge of the same division on the 6 June 2011.
On 1 August 2013, Rahim, Justice M Moazzem Husain, and Justice Quazi Reza Ul-Hoque in a verdict declared the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party cancelled.[7] [8]
On 23 February 2014, Rahim was made the chairperson (head judge) of the International Crimes Tribunal-1.[9]
On 10 December 2020, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman granted bail to Dilip Khalko, a convicted rapist, after he married the victim, who was his cousin and 14 when she became pregnant after rape.[10]
On 26 August 2021, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman in a verdict declared that the Anti-Corruption Commission does not have the authority to freeze a suspect's assets or bank accounts without the explicit authorization of the courts.[11] The verdict was given in a petition filed by a pharmacy owner in Cox's Bazar whose accounts in Social Islami Bank Limited were frozen on the orders of Md Sharif Uddin, assistant director of the Anti-Corruption Commission in Chittagong.
On 10 September 2021, Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman criticized Special Judge Court-5 judge Md Iqbal Hossain for granting bail to Deputy Inspector General of Prison Police Partha Gopal Banik in secret after Banik was arrested with 8 million in cash.[12] Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman rejected a petition that called for the High Court to direct the state to protect private phone conversations from being intercepted and recorded illegally on 29 September 2021.[13]
On 9 January 2022, Rahim was made a judge of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[14] On 10 August 2024, he has resigned in the face of student agitation.[15] Two murder cases were filed against him and his brother, including one by a leader of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal.[16]
Rahim's only brother Iqbalur Rahim is a member of parliament from Dinajpur-3.[17]