The two newly appointed judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub took oath today. Photo: BSS.

DHAKA, March 25, 2025 (BSS) - The two newly appointed judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub, took oath this morning.

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath at Supreme Court Judges Lounge at 10:30 am.

Judges of both the divisions of the Supreme Court, Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman, Supreme Court Bar Association President AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and other senior lawyers were present at the oath taking ceremony, among others. Supreme Court Registrar General Dr Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan conducted the ceremony.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on March 24 appointed the two High Court judges as the justices for the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

"The president made the appointment as per the Article 95 (1) of the constitution. The appointment will come into effect from the day they take oath of office," a gazette notification issued in this regard, said.

Born on March 1, 1959, Justice AKM Asaduzzaman obtained his LLB (Hons) and LLM from Rajshahi University.

He was enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on September 5,1983, September 5,1985 and October 25, 2001, respectively.

Justice AKM Asaduzzaman was elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court Division on August 27, 2003 and appointed Judge of the same Division on August, 2005.

He was elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on March 25, 2025.

Justice AKM Asaduzzaman attended the Commonwealth Secretariat South Asian Judges Regional Forum on "Economic and Financial Crime" in Sri Lanka at Kolombo from 13-15th May, 2011.

Visited India, Nepal, Bhutan, Srilanka, Singapore, China, Hongkong, Macao, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

Justice Farah Mahbub born on May 27, 1966. She obtained her LL.B. (Hons) and LL.M. from the University of Dhaka.

She was enrolled as an Advocate of the District Court, the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on September 15, 1992, April 09, 1994 and May 15, 2002, respectively.

Justice Farah Mahbub was elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court Division on August 23, 2004 and appointed Judge of the same Division on August 23, 2006.

She was elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on March 25, 2025.

Justice Farah Mahbub participated in an International Conference held in South Korea, 2010.

She visited India, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Dubai, Germany and Saudi Arabia.