Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, a retired judge of the High Court,
today withdrew himself as a defence lawyer for war criminal Mir Quasem
Ali.
The move came days after Attorney General Mahbubey Alam pointed him
out at court and said he was enjoying state facilities after retirement.
Justice Nozrul informed the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
about his withdrawal from the proceedings of the case against Quasem
Ali.
Justice Nozrul also claimed that practicing law by him is not against
the constitution and ethics. He told reporters his quitting was because
of the attorney general questioning his appearance.
Earlier, the attorney general told a court that Justice Nozrul
retired as a HC judge a few months ago and was still living in a
government residence and using a car and gunman given by the government.
If Justice Nozrul practises (as a lawyer) in the court under the
circumstances, it would be against the ethics of the judges, he had
said.
In reply, Justice Nozrul, who retired on December 12 last year, said
he was aware of his enjoying the state privileges and claimed that he
was not misusing the facilities.
