Background
F.K.M.A. Munim, Justice was born on December 1, 1924 in Bangladesh.
F.K.M.A. Munim, Justice was born on December 1, 1924 in Bangladesh.
University of Calcutta (Bachelor of Arts, Honours, 1945). University of Dhaka (Master of Arts, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, 1949).
University of London (Master of Laws, 1958.
Philosophy Doctor., 1960); Lincoln"s Inn (Barrister-at-Law, 1959). Spoken languages: Bengali and English.
Worked at The Law Counsel (Dhaka) specializing in Administrative Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Arbitration and Mediation, Aviation and Aerospace, Anti-Trust and Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, International Banking, Business Law, Commercial Law, Telecommunication Contracts, Company Law, Computer Contracts, Constitutional Law, Copyright, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Customs and Excise, Defense Contracts, Energy Law, Exchange Control, Foreign Investment, Joint Ventures, Human and Civil Rights, International Finance, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Investments, Immigration and Naturalisation, Leases and Licensing, Civil Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Petroleum Contracts, Oil Exploration, Oil and Gas Taxation, Patents, Design and Trade Marks, Securities, Stock Exchange Regulation, Taxation, Shipping, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Charter Parties. Admitted to the bar, 1951, Dhaka High Court. 1959, England; 1964, Senior Advocate, Pakistan Supreme Court.
Author: "Rights of the Citizen under the Constitution and Law," 1975.
Advocate General of East Pakistan, 1970. Attended: Round Table Conference on International Law, Government Delegate, Singapore, 1964.
United Nations General Assembly Plenary Session, 1969. United Nations Law of the Sea Conference, New York, 1976.
Justice: High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, 1970-1976.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, 1976-1982. Secretary, Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Bangladesh, 1972-1973 (Associated with the Drafting of the Constitution of Bangladesh, 1972). Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Bangladesh, 1982-1989.
Chairman, Bangladesh Jail Reform"s Commission.
1979-1981. Dhaka and its Chairman, 1982-1983. Leader, Bangladesh Delegation to Third International Conference of Appellate Judges and Chief Justice, New Delhi, 1984.
Member: East Pakistan Bar Council, 1967. Pakistan Bar Council, 1968.
Syndicate, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1972-1975.
Expert Committee for Drafting the Statute for the International Islamic Court of Justice, sponsored by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, 1981. Member: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (Founding Members). Military: s Inn (Barrister-at-Law, 1959).
The Law Counsel is one of the leading law firms in Bangladesh with associated offices in London, Cairo and Panama.
The firm provides a wide range of legal services and acts as legal adviser to many commercial banks and business houses and assisted by efficient legal support personnel it represents clients from both home and abroad.
Member: East Pakistan Bar Council, 1967. Pakistan Bar Council, 1968. Syndicate, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1972-1975.
Expert Committee for Drafting the Statute for the International Islamic Court of Justice, sponsored by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, 1981.
Member: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (Founding Members). Military: s Inn (Barrister-at-Law, 1959).