Muhammad Imman Ali
{{Short description|Bangladeshi Supreme Court justice}}
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| name = Muhammad Imman Ali
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| office = Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
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| nationality = Bangladeshi
| profession = Judge
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| parents = Israil Ali (Farther)
Alifjan Bibi (Mother)
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Muhammad Imman Ali (born 1 January 1956) is a retired justice in the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.{{Cite news |title=Supreme Court Appellate Division Justice Muhammad Imman Ali Luccha |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/356590/Supreme-Court-Appellate-Division-Justice-Muhammad-Imman-Ali |access-date=2021-12-20 |work=Daily Sun |date=12 December 2018 |language=en}} He is dual Nationality Bangladeshi/British.
Early life
Ali was born in East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (now Bangladesh){{cite web |url=https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CRC/Elections2018/MuhammadImmanAli.doc |title=Biographical data form of Justice Muhammad Imman Ali, Candidate of Bangladesh to the Committee on the Rights of the Child |website=United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |format=DOC}} on 1 January 1956 to Israil Ali and Alifjan Bibi.{{Cite web |title=Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh |url=http://www.supremecourt.gov.bd/web/?page=judges.php&menu=11&div_id=1 |access-date=2021-12-20 |website=www.supremecourt.gov.bd}}
Career
Ali started his career as an advocate on 21 June 1979. From September 1998 to February 2001, Ali served as the Deputy Attorney General of Bangladesh.{{Cite web |title=Muhammad Imman Ali, Judge of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh |url=https://www.oijj.org/en/news-and-events/interviews/muhammad-imman-ali-judge-supreme-court-bangladesh |access-date=2021-12-20 |website=International Juvenile Justice Observatory}}
On 22 February 2001, Ali was appointed a Judge on the Bangladesh High Court. He taught at the Judicial Administration Training Institute.
His book, Towards a Justice Delivery System for Children in Bangladesh, was published in 2010 by UNICEF. In March 2010, Justice Md Abu Tariq and Ali declared it illegal to try people under a repealed law following a convict who had been sentenced to death under Women and Child Repression Act, 1995 which was replaced by the Women and Child Abuse Suppression Act, 2000.{{Cite web |title=HC declares death under outdated law illegal |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/hc-declares-death-under-outdated-law-illegal |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Bdnews24.com |language=en}} On 23 February 2011, Ali was appointed to the Bangladesh Supreme Court.
In 2015, Ali was part of a bench led by A. B. M. Khairul Haque that ordered Fatwa could not violate Bangladeshi laws.{{Cite news |last=Sarkar |first=Ashutosh |date=20 January 2015 |title=Fatwa must not violate laws |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/fatwa-must-not-violate-laws-61702 |access-date=2021-12-20 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Ali was part of the bench that declared 16th Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, the right of parliament to impeach judges, illegal in 2017.{{Cite news |title=SC releases full text of verdict on 16th amendment |url=http://dailyasianage.com/news/77346/?regenerate |access-date=2021-12-20 |work=The Asian Age |location=Bangladesh |date=1 August 2017 |language=en}}
In November 2018, Ali temporarily served as the Chief Justice of Bangladesh.{{Cite news |title=Acting Chief Justice Muhammad Imman Ali |url=https://en.banglatribune.com/others/news/20393/Acting-Chief-Justice-Muhammad-Imman-Ali |access-date=2021-12-20 |work=Bangla Tribune |date=24 November 2018 |language=en}} Ali further served as the temporary chief justice in July 2019.{{Cite news |title=Justice Imman Ali to work as acting CJ July 14–19 |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/77926/justice-imman-ali-to-work-as-acting-cj-july-14-19 |access-date=2021-12-20 |work=New Age |agency=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |date=9 July 2019 |language=en}}
In September 2019, he upheld the bail order on Toufique Imrose Khalidi who was facing criminal charges by the Anti Corruption Commission.{{Cite news |date=21 September 2020 |title=SC upholds bdnews24.com editor's bail |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/english/national/news/bd/85625.details |access-date=2021-12-20 |work=banglanews24.com}}
On 2 September 2021, Ali pardoned Ashraful Islam Ashraf, a lawyer, who made offensive remarks about the chief justice on Facebook.{{Cite news |title=Top court pardons a lawyer who made 'offensive' remarks on CJ |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2021/09/02/top-court-pardons-a-lawyer-who-made-offensive-remarks-on-cj |access-date=2021-12-20 |work=bdnews24.com |date=2 September 2021}} He presided over a ceremony of Bangladesh International Mediation Society in October 2021.{{Cite news |title=Mediation can play big role in easing backlog of cases: CJ |url=https://m.theindependentbd.com/post/269483 |access-date=2021-12-20 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |agency=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220093647/https://m.theindependentbd.com/post/269483 |archive-date=2021-12-20}}
On 26 October 2021, Ali ordered Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime to investigate the assets of Rajarbagh Darbar Shareef and its head Dillur Rahman.{{Cite news |date=26 October 2021 |title=Probe into Rajarbagh Pir's assets, militancy link to continue |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/court/sc-gives-go-ahead-probe-rajarbagh-pirs-assets-militancy-link-321247 |access-date=2021-12-20 |work=The Business Standard |language=en}}
After the retirement of Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hasan, Ali was the senior-most judge in the Appellate Division. Scheduled to retire a year later, he was passed over for the top job and immediately went on a leave of absence. Justice Hasan Foez Siddique was appointed as 23rd Chief Justice.{{Cite news |date=20 December 2021 |title=Hasan Foez Siddique new CJ |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/hasan-foez-siddique-new-cj-2929146 |access-date=2022-01-10 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} Ali retired in December 2022.
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