Syed Refat Ahmed

Syed Refat Ahmed is a justice of the Bangladesh Supreme Court and former judge of the Bangladesh High Court.

Early life

Ahmed studied law at the Wadham College of Oxford University in 1983.[1] He studied International Relations at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University.[2] His father, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed, is a former attorney general of Bangladesh.[3]

Career

Ahmed is a justice of the Bangladesh High Court.[4] In 2018, he was part of a divided bench on the question of Khaleda Zia participating in the general election. He had asked the Election Commission to accept the nomination of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia while his fellow judge on the bench, Justice Iqbal Kabir, disagreed and blocked the participation of Khaleda Zia.[5] On 28 July 2019, High Court bench led by him banned the marketing of pasteurized milk by 14 companies.[6] He was promoted to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2019.[7]

References
  1. "Mr Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed". wadham.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. "Syed Refaat Ahmed". uplbooks.com. The University Press Limited. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. "Barrister Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Memorial Lecture 2019". The Daily Star. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. "'Cops, judges must together ensure justice'". The Daily Star. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. "Top judge sends Khaleda file back to High Court panel for clarification". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. "Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed-led bench's jurisdiction changed". New Age. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. "Role of Baljit Singh Tyagi and BSF in our Liberation War". The Daily Star. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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