Mohammad Ullah (judge)

Mohammad Ullah is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.^[1]

Mohammad Ullah
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 April 1994
Personal details
Born	(1970-03-18) March 18, 1970 (age 54)
Profession	Justice

Early life

Ullah was born on 18 March 1970.^[2] He has a bachelor's and master's in law.^[2]

Career

Ullah became a lawyer in the District Courts on 30 April 1994.^[2] He started practicing in the High Court Division on 12 August 1995.^[2]

Ullah became a lawyer in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 13 January 2011.^[2] On 20 October, he was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division.^[2]

On 7 October 2013, Ullah was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division.^[2][3]

In July 2015, Ullah and Justice Farid Ahmed denied bail to a British-Bangladeshi jihadist who came to Bangladesh to recruit for the Islamic State.^[4] In September Ullah and Justice Shamim Hasnain blocked the government attempt to impose value added tax on English medium schools in Bangladesh.^[5]

Ullah and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque ordered the government to collect land development tax at enhanced rates for one year following a petition from a farmer in Barisal.^[6] Ullah and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque ordered the Inspector General of Police to transfer out assistant superintendent of police Saiful Islam for torturing a prisoner in custody in Patuakhali District.^[7] Ullah and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque banned pneumatic horns in Bangladesh in November 2017 to limit sound pollution.^[8] On 13 December 2017, Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Ullah censured Upazila Nirbahi Officer and executive magistrate Mohammad Nooruzzaman of Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila and additional deputy commissioner Sheikh Morshedul Islam of Lakshmipur District for abuse of power.^[9][10]

In December 2019, Ullah and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore criticized Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority for its failure to stop all lines dumping raw sewage in the Buriganga River according to the 2011 High Court verdict.^[11] It cautioned the managing director of the authority, Taqsem A Khan.^[12]

Ullah and Justice Gobinda Chandra Thakur ordered the Department of Immigration and Passports to issue a passport to student activist Nurul Haque Nur in March 2020.^[13]

References

1. "10 addl HC judges regularised". The Daily Star. 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
2. "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
3. "News in Brief". The Daily Star. 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
4. "Syria-linked jihadist denied bail". The Daily Star. 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
5. "HC stays VAT on tuition fees for 6 months". The Daily Star. 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
6. "HC prohibits land development tax at enhanced rates". The Daily Star. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
7. "Torture in custody: HC asks IGP to transfer Baufal ASP". The Daily Star. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
8. "HC orders nationwide pneumatic horn ban". The Daily Star. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
9. Staff Correspondent. "High Court sees abuse of power in mobile courts, cites Lakshmipur jailing of pensioner". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
10. Express, The Financial. "Jailing of former civil surgeon: Laxmipur ADC, UNO seek unconditional apology to High Court". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
11. "HC slams Wasa for making untrue statement over sewerage lines". The Daily Star. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
12. "Dumping in Buriganga: Wasa MD not complying intentionally". The Daily Star. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
13. "HC orders issuing of passport to VP Nur within 3 days". The Business Standard. 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2023-07-01.