On Tuesday, March 25, at 10:30 AM, Chief Justice Dr. Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath to newly appointed Appellate Division justices, AKM Asaduzzaman and Farah Mahbub, at the Supreme Court Judges’ Lounge.

The previous day, President appointed the two High Court judges to the Appellate Division, as confirmed by an official gazette notification from the Ministry of Law. The notification stated that, under Article 95(1) of the Constitution, the President appointed Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub as Justices of the Appellate Division, effective upon their oath-taking.

According to the Supreme Court administration, the appointments were based on the recommendations of the Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, in consultation with the Chief Justice.

Justice AKM Asaduzzaman was born on March 1, 1969. After earning a master’s degree in law from Rajshahi University, he enrolled as a district court lawyer in 1983, joined the High Court Bar in 1985, and became an Appellate Division lawyer in 2001. He was appointed an additional judge of the High Court on August 27, 2003, and became a permanent judge on August 27, 2005.

Justice Farah Mahbub completed her LLB and LLM from Dhaka University before beginning her legal career in 1992 at the district court. She joined the High Court Bar in 1994 and the Appellate Division Bar in 2002. On August 23, 2004, she was appointed an additional High Court judge and became a permanent judge in 2006. She is also known as the daughter of former minister Advocate Mahbubur Rahman.

Justice Mahbub has delivered several landmark rulings, including those protecting the Azimpur Graveyard, ensuring swift case registration for rape survivors, safeguarding indigenous rights, awarding compensation for the death of child Jihad due to negligence, regularizing panel teachers in primary schools, and making affidavit declarations mandatory for Union Parishad election candidates.