Tania Amir is a Bangladeshi barrister and rights activist.[1]

Early life

Amir was born on 27 September 1964.[2] Her father is Barrister M Amir-ul Islam.[3][4] She studied at the United Nations International School, St Francis Xavier's Green Herald International School, and Scholastica.[2] She graduated from the University of Buckingham in 1990 with a law degree and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn.[2]

Career

Amir joined the Bangladesh High Court in 1991, and the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1993 as a lawyer.[2] She founded and is the head of chambers of Amir & Amir Law Associates.[2]

Amir received the Begum Rokeya Shining Personality Award in 2005.[5] She was the chairman of the Private Rural Initiative Program’ (PRIP) Trust.[6] She hosted TV show Tarokader Adda.[7]

Amir filed a petition against President Iajuddin Ahmed becoming head of the caretaker government and the Bangladesh Election Commission declaring an election date in November 2006.[8] She got into a heated argument with Attorney General AJ Mohammad Ali at the courtroom.[8] Lawyers aligned with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party made offensive comments about her that The Daily Star saw unfit to print.[8] Moudud Ahmed criticized her while Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud defended her.[8] She was accused of vandalizing the court along with 12 other lawyers including Amir Ul Islam, Enayetur Rahim, Kamal Hossain, and Rokanuddin Mahmud.[9] She received bail in January 2007.[9] Bangladesh High Court squashed the case in 2010.[10]

In 2008, Amir represented Kazi Salahuddin in a hearing at the Bangladesh Football Federation.[11] Ahkame Sariah Hefazat Committee, affiliated with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, made derogatory remarks Amir over her comments on Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.[12] In 2009, she was given the Gandhi Peace Award.[13]

In 2013, Amir represented Bangladesh Tariqat Federation in a petition to remove the registration of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party for their constitution being contrary to the constitution of Bangladesh.[14][15] The High Court declared the registration of the party illegal.[16][17]

Amir represented Imran H Sarker in 2018.[18]

Amir and her father, Barrister M Amir-ul Islam, collected Awami League nomination papers for Kushtia-3 and Kushtia- 4 in November 2023.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "LifeStyle:Barrister Tania Amir, Practices law at the Supreme Court". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Amir & Amir Law Associates". www.aalabd.com. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. ↑ "Profile - Tania Amir". www.tritiyomatra.com. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  4. ↑ Bangladesh Television (11 February 2015), Barrister M Amirul Islam at "Keertymaner Galpokatha" programme on BTV., retrieved 2017-10-19
  5. ↑ "48 get Begum Rokeya Shining Award-2005". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  6. ↑ Staff Correspondent (2007-11-07). "Akbar questions most NGOs' transparency". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  7. ↑ "ATN Bangla turns 10". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Writ Petitions on CA, EC". The Daily Star. 28 November 2006. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  9. 1 2 "Vandalism at SC". The Daily Star. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  10. ↑ "All proceedings against 12 lawyers quashed". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  11. ↑ "Salahuddin cleared". The Daily Star. 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  12. ↑ "Nizami claims anti-liberation war forces issue settled". The Daily Star. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  13. ↑ Staff Correspondent (2009-02-02). "22 get Gandhi Peace Award". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  14. ↑ "Judgment on Jamaat today". The Daily Star. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  15. ↑ Sarkar, Ashutosh (2013-03-06). "HC set to hear 4-yr-old plea". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  16. ↑ "EC's act of registering Jamaat illegal". The Daily Star. 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  17. ↑ "Jamaat Men in Race: HC questions EC decision". The Daily Star. 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  18. ↑ "HC clears way for Imran H Sarker to go abroad". The Daily Star. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  19. ↑ "Barrister Amir, former IGP Shahidul collect AL's nomination form". Prothomalo. 2023-11-21. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.