Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz of the Appellate
Division of the Supreme Court retired today.
Attorney General’s Office and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA)
organized a farewell function for him, where Attorney General AM Amin Uddin
and SCBA president Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon spoke on the judicial career
of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz.
Emphasizing taking strong steps against corruption, the outgoing Appellate
Division judge said it is destroying all our achievements.
“We have to keep all the workplaces free of corruption. The country’s people
are astonished to learn how some service holders are making crores through
corruption. The state has to take the responsibility to resist the
corruption. The mentality of getting rich fast is pushing us towards a huge
disaster,” Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz said in his farewell speech.
Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan and his other colleague judges of the Appellate
Division were present on the dais at the time.
Born on June 1, 1957, Justice Muhammad
Abdul Hafiz obtained his LLB and LLM
degrees from the University of Dhaka.
He was enrolled as an Advocate of the Dhaka District Court and the High Court
Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in the years 1982 and 1985 respectively.
Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz was elevated as Additional Judge of the High
Court Division on April 27, 2003, and appointed Judge of the same division on
April 27, 2005. He was elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court of Bangladesh on April 25, 2024.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha