Abdur Rob is a 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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Early life

Abdur Rob was born on 10 September 1958. He did his bachelor's degree and master's in political science from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

. He also finished his law degree at the University of Dhaka.

Career

Abdur Rob became a lawyer of the District Courts in 1987. In 1990, Abdur Rob moved up to become a lawyer in the High Court Division and the Supreme Court in 2002. Abdur Rob was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 18 April 2010. He was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 15 April 2012. In July 2012, Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub ordered Bangladesh Biman to reinstate employees fired under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme in 2007. Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub ordered

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in August to investigate the Aminbazar killing of seven students. Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub declared an amendment to the constitution of

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by the

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illegal. Their order was stayed by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain of the Appellate Division. Abdur Rob and Justice Farah Mahbub summoned AM Md Sayeed,

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and sessions judge for failure to reinstate process servers fired in 2007 and who had secured a High Court verdict in their favor. In January 2014, Abdur Rob and Justice Shahidul Islam gave a split verdict in the 2007 Narsingdi murder case in which seven were sentenced to death. Abdur Rob upheld the death sentences while Islam had turned it down. Justice Bhabani Prasad Singha then heard the case and upheld the death sentences. In August 2015, Abdur Rob and Justice Md Nuruzzaman rejected a petition by former prime minister

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seeking files on the Barapukuria coal mine corruption case. They lifted the freeze on the coal mine case and ordered proceedings to begin. Abdur Rob and Justice Md Nuruzzaman denied bail to the mayor of Habiganj, Golam Kibria Gaus, in the Shah A M S Kibria murder case.

References

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