A. F. M. Abdur Rahman (born 5 July 1951) is a retired justice of the

High Court Division The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh (), popularly known as High Court, is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Bangladesh Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Appellate Division. ...

of the

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. He was elevated to the High Court Division as additional judge on 27 April 2003, and was confirmed as a permanent judge on 27 April 2005 by then President of Bangladesh

Iajuddin Ahmed Iajuddin Ahmed (1 February 193110 December 2012) was the President of Bangladesh, serving from 6 September 2002 until 12 February 2009. With a doctorate in soil science, Ahmed became a full professor at the University of Dhaka and chairman of ...

. Abdur Rahman retired from the bench on 4 July 2018.

Early life and education

Abdur Rahman was born on 5 July 1951 in

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(now

Gazaria Upazila Gazaria Upazila () is one of the six upazilas of Munshiganj District in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. It is located on the Meghna river delta, from the capital city, Dhaka. History Gazaria is mainly composed of alluvial land around the Meghna ri ...

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, Bangladesh) to Dr. Abdul Gaffer Khan and Mosammat Mohsena Begum. He earned an

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degree from Central Law College, Dhaka in 1977, and obtained a second LLB with honors from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

Career

Abdur Rahman was enrolled as an advocate of the District Court on 3 February 1979, the High Court Division on 16 September 1982, and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 14 January 2000. He describes his field of practice as civil law, banking law, admiralty law, company matters, writ petitions, and arbitration. He was elevated to the High Court Division as an additional judge on 27 April 2003, and was confirmed as a permanent judge on 27 April 2005. He retired from the bench on 4 July 2018. At present, he is practising as a Senior Advocate at the Appellate Division of The Supreme Court of Bangladesh and heading his own law firm Rahman Law Associates & Company. He is mostly engaged in Commercial and Maritime Arbitration practice as well as supervising Corporate Litigation of this chambers.

References

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