Fazlul Karim made new chief justice

Dhaka, Feb 4 (bdnews24.com) - Mohammad Fazlul Karim, senior most judge of the Supreme Court Appellate Division, has been appointed new chief justice.

President Zillur Rahman made the appointment on Thursday.

Karim replaces Md Tafazzul Islam who took oath of office as the 17th chief justice on Dec 23.

Islam will retire on Feb 7. Karim's appointment will be effective from Feb 8. Karim is due to go on retirement on Sept 30

Islam had been appointed chief justice superseding Karim.

Justice Karim was born on September 30, 1943 in Suchakradandi village under Patia Upazila in Chittagong district.

He passed matriculation in 1958 from Patia Kazem Ali High School and passed BA in 1960 from Chittagong College.

Karim became a bar-at-law in 1969 from London's Lincoln's Inn after taking his LLB degree from Dhaka University in 1962.

He was enlisted as a lawyer in the Chitagong Bar in 1965. Later, he joined the High Court bar in 1970 and became a lawyer at the Appellate Division in 1979.

Justice Karim served as general secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association from 1982 to 1984 and was elected member of Bangladesh Bar Council in 1992.

He took oath as a temporary judge of the High Court on November 1, 1992 and was confirmed as a permanent member of the bench two years later.

Justice Karim joined the Appellate Division on May 15, 2001.

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