The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 1109- Faizee has little chance to go back to legal practice

The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 1109
Vol. 5 Num 1109 Sat. July 14, 2007

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Faizee has little chance to go back to legal practice
Unb, Dhaka

Justice Faisal Mahmud Faizee of the High Court division of Supreme Court (SC), who resigned on Thursday, wants to resume his legal practice but there is little chance for him to do so, as the Bangladesh Bar Council revoked his enrolment as advocate for tampering with his LLB mark sheets.

"I would like to go back to my legal profession, but it depends on the results of the dispute over my LLB certificate pending with the High Court," Faizee told the news agency yesterday.

"I want to devote the rest of my life to the welfare of the people of Chittagong, especially Fatikchhari, my own area," he said, adding that he would not involve in politics again.

Faizee said as a human rights activist he will extend his all-out cooperation to the distinguished persons of the society "who are being harassed without any reason by a section of media."

Meanwhile, Faizee told the media at his Gulshan residence yesterday that he did not stand down due to pressure from a vested quarter. "Even I didn't resign after being disappointed. I felt an urge to quit to protect the image of the Supreme Court," he said.

The immediate-past BNP-led four-party alliance government made Faizee judge of the High Court along with 18 others on August 23, 2004. The appointments had evoked resentment among the lawyers of the Supreme Court Bar at the time, as they complained of "political considerations".

Later in 2006, the government confirmed his appointment, triggering a commotion among the lawyers that prompted the Supreme Court Bar Association to boycott his court.

After nine weeks of his appointment as judge, a newspaper reported that the LLB certificate of Faizee was "fake".

The LLB certificate of Faizee was cancelled at a special meeting of Chittagong University (CU) Syndicate on March 3 this year. Later, the CU authorities published a gazette canceling 50 LLB certificates, including that of Faizee, for tampering with results.

Following the CU actions, Justice Faizee went on leave and later was de-listed from the bench.