Newly appointed chief justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim took oath of office on Monday.

Karim, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court Appellate Division, was given appointment to be the country’s 18th chief justice on February 4.

Justice Karim, who replaces Justice Md Tafazzul Islam, is due to go on retirement on September 30.

Justice Islam had been appointed chief justice superseding Karim.

He was born on September 30, 1943 in the family of Abdul Karim Shahitya Bisharad at Suchakradandi village under Patiya Police Station in Chittagong.

Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim, son of late Al-haj Ahmed Kabir and late Sunia Ara Begum, obtained LLB from the University of Dhaka (DU) in 1964.

He was enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court, Chittagong in 1965, in the High Court Division in 1970 and in the Appellate Division in 1979.

He was elected Secretary to the Supreme Court Bar Association in 1982 and a member of the Bangladesh Bar Council in 1992.

Currently, he is also Chairman of the Judicial Service Pay Commission and Member of the Delhi-based Asia Pacific Advisory Forum on “Judicial Education on Gender Equality Issue”.

He was Chairman of the Court Administration and Court Management Scheme of Capacity Building Project, Member of the Scheme for Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution under the aid programme of USIS.

He participated in the conferences on ‘Judicial Education on Gender Equality Issue” held in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal in 1998-2006.

He also participated in the SAARC Law Conference held in Dhaka, conference on Prison Reform in South East Asia held at Kathmandu of Nepal in 1996.

He visited different Courts and Institutions to observe case management, court administration and alternative dispute resolution in UK and USA in 2002.

Speech for Justice transparency
Bangladesh?s new chief justice, Mohammad Fazlul Karim, has said all judges should declare their assets in the interests of transparency.
?I think everyone should disclose their assets to ensure their transparency as superior judges (of the Supreme Court),? Justice Fazlul Karim said Sunday after being felicitated as chief justice.

?I can take an initiative to this effect if the government or concerned authority makes any move for submission of wealth statements,? said the judge, who recently assumed the highest judicial post, after being superseded twice in the past.

He has also argued that present salaries of judges were not adequate and they should be raised.

In reply to a query on the competence of the judges, the chief justice said that they worked amidst various problems.

?The judges? salaries are not sufficient and appropriate for such a dignified post,? he pointed out, adding that he had sent a proposal to the government for pay hike.

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Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim

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