Farid Ahmed is a judge of the

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Early life

Ahmed was born on 1 January 1960. He completed a Bachelor of Arts and a law degree from the

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Career

Ahmed joined the district court as a lawyer on 17 October 1985. On 6 October 1988, Ahmed became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. On 8 November 2006, Ahmed was made a lawyer of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Ahmed was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court 4 November 2010. Ahmed and Justice M Shawkat Hossain stopping the proceedings of corruption cases, filed during the 2006-2008 caretaker government term, against Nurul Islam Babul, chairperson of Jamuna Group, and his wife Salma Islam. On 14 February 2012, Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif issued a verdict in favor of

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against fees claimed by

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. Ahmed was appointed a permanent judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court 15 October 2012. Ahmed and Justice Mohammad Ullah on 23 July 2015 issued a verdict denying bail to British-Bangladesh ISIS member who fought for the terrorist group in Syria and returned to Bangladesh to recruit. Ahmed and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim in October 2021 denied bail to Mohammad Shahed, chairman of Regent Hospital, on fraud charges. In September, he was part of the Bangladesh Supreme Court delegation to the Bangabhaban which went to submit the Annual Report-2020 of Supreme Court to President

Abdul Hamid ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd (ALA-LC romanization of ; ; ), also spelled as Abdulhamid, Abdelhamid, Abd-ul Hamid, and Abd ol-Hamid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is a Muslim theophoric name built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd' ...

References

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