Md. Tafazzul Islam

Mohammad Tafazzul Islam (born 8 February 1943) Islam graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in history from the University of Dhaka, continuing to complete his master's in the same subject and then graduated with Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) under the University of Dhaka. Later he completed a postgraduate diploma Bar vocational course and became a Barrister-at-Law in 1967. Islam stood first in Bangla recitation in the literary competition of Salimullah Muslim Hall in years 1959 and 1960. While doing the BVC in London, he was a news broadcaster in BBC.

Md. Tafazzul Islam was appointed as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague in September 2015 for a six-year term.

Mr. Islam was appointed to the Panel for Conciliators of the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for a period of six years extending through 26 April 2027.

Judgments Islam was the principal author of several landmark judgments, laying the foundations for the development of laws and setting significant precedents. These include the judgments on repeal of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Bangladesh, upholding the judgment of the High Court Division sentencing the killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, enlarging the powers of the High Court Division under The Companies Act (Bangladesh), 1994 in protecting the interests of minority shareholders, and reversing the decision of the High Court Division to allow the construction of markets in violation of the provisions of environmental laws.