Faisal Mahmud Faizee | |
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| Justice of theHigh Court Division of Bangladesh | |
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| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
Faisal Mahmud Faizee is a former Justice of theHigh Court Division of theBangladesh Supreme Court.[1] He resigned from the court over allegations of having improperly received his law degree.
On 31 October 2004, Faizee was withdrawn from the High Court Division by Chief JusticeSyed JR Mudassir Husain after newspaper reports emerged questioning his law degree.[2][3] His father suedBhorer Kagoj andProthom Alo on contempt of court charges and won.[2][4]
On 24 April 2005, theBangladesh Bar Council cancelled the enrolment certificate of Faizee due to his recorded birth date not matching the birth date on his birth certificate.[2][5] The decision was taken following a meeting of the council led by Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud.[2] The council also condemned the inclusion of Faizee in the High Court Division bench despite the controversy over his degree.[2] In December 2005, theBangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association called for Faizees removal due to disputes over his degree and receiving a reception fromBangladesh Nationalist Party andBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami activists in Chittagong.[6]
On 15 December 2006, Faizee sentenced formerpresident of Bangladesh,Hussain Mohammad Ershad to two years imprisonment in a corruption case related to the purchase of 520 boats from Japan for relief operations after the1989 Bangladesh floods.[7]
In 2007, the Supreme Judicial Council was created to investigate the charges against Faizee.[8][9] TheUniversity of Chittagong had cancelled his law degree and those of few others after it found evidence of tampering grade sheets in March.[10][11] He resigned on 12 July 2007, before conclusion of the investigation.[8]
Faizee is a member of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[12]