Sheikh Nazmul Alam
Former Senior District and Sessions Judge
Experience: 29 Years Judicial Experience
PROFILE SUMMARY
- 29 years experience as a Judge and presided over Civil, Criminal, Family, Anti-Corruption, Money Laundering and other Cases.
- 2 (two) years experience as a banker at the position of Officer Grade-I in a Commercial Bank.
- Experience as a Judge and a Banker has helped in better understanding the Money Laundering and Corruption related offences.
- Special expertise in Anti-Corruption and Money Laundering Offences
- Worked as a trainer and resource person in Training Programs, Seminars and workshop arranged by different National and International Organizations.
- During the long career of a Judge, acquired skills in ADR and Legal Aid activities. Worked as the Chairman of District Legal Aid Committee.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- During his total 31 years career, he acquired 2 (two) years experience as a Banker in a Commercial bank on the position of a Senior Officer and thereafter joined in the Judiciary of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in 1998.
- Acquired ten years exclusive experience in Civil Suits and Family Suits.
- Worked as a Special Metropolitan Magistrate as the Judge of Food Court and City Tax Court for about 6 (six) years.
- Worked as the Chief Judicial Magistrate and Additional District and Sessions Judge and thereby empowered to award death sentence in criminal cases.
- On promotion in 2018, worked as the Judge of the Anti-Corruption Court and Money Laundering Court for about 5 (five) years and the post is equivalent to a District and Sessions Judge.
- Thereafter further got promotion as a Senior District and Sessions Judge in 2023 and served in this position dealing with all serious crimes, civil appeals and revisions, criminal appeal and revisions, Family appeals and some other civil and criminal matters.
- Worked as the Judge of Prevention of Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Offences Tribunal.
KEY SKILLS
- Special Expertise in Civil and Criminal Cases
- Special skills in Anti-Corruption & Money Laundering Offences and Justice for Children in Bangladesh
- Five years exclusive experience as the Judge in Anti-Corruption and Money Laundering Court at the position of Special Judge.
- Two years experience as the Senior Special Judge
- Author Judge of so many landmark Anti-Corruption & Money Laundering Cases of Bangladesh. Case Management and Court Administration expertise in Anti-Corruption & Money Laundering Cases
- Expertise in Prevention of Human Trafficking and Migrants Smuggling Offences
SKILLS AS A TRAINER
- NCSC-Bangladesh (National Center for State Courts-USA) Trainer for Judges, Public Prosecutors, Advocates and NGO Activists of Bangladesh.
- Bangladesh Women Judges’ Trainer on Money Laundering
- UNICEF (A UNICEF supported project) Trainer on Justice for Children in Bangladesh. Under the leadership of UNICEF, trained (TOT) Judges, Magistrates, Police Officers, Officers of Administration, Advocates and NGO Activities to make them child right sensitive to ensure child rights in Courts.
TRAINING IN ABROAD
- Four weeks training in Western Sydney University, Australia, funded by our government wherein he had the opportunities to make myself enriched on Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing issues and global environmental issues. We the Judges were facilitated to visit some National Legal Institutions of Australia.
WORKSHOPS IN ABROAD
- Being the leader of the team, represented Bangladesh in a Regional Workshop on Corruption Crimes arranged by UNODC held in New Delhi, India on 12-14 November, 2018.
- Attended in a Cross-Regional Workshop on Preventing Violent Extremism arranged by UNODC held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 26-28 February, 2019.
