Mohi Uddin Shamim

Mohi Uddin Shamim is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Early life Shamim was born on 19 May 1970. He has a bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Dhaka. In October, Shamim issued a dissent verdict rejecting the bail petition of Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, while his co-judge on the bench, Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz, granted four weeks anticipatory bail in the extortion case. The case was then sent to the chief justice to be assigned to a different bench.

Shamim was made a permanent Judge of the High Court Division on 30 May 2020 by President Md Abdul Hamid.

Shmam and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder granted bail to the member of parliament from Bogra-2 and Jatiya Party politician, Shariful Islam Jinnah, in a corruption case. In April, Shamim and Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam summoned the District Commissioners of Dhaka and surrounding district over their failure to reduce air pollution. In August 2021, Shamim and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder criticized the Anti-Corruption Commission for its failure to complete probes on time.

In February 2022, Shamim and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin rejected petitions challenging the Digital Security Act cases against journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol allowing the cases to proceed. Shamim and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin granted bail to Dipti Rani Das, a juvenile college student from Dinajpur District, who had been jailed under the Digital Security Act for hurting religious comments through a Facebook comment.

In May 2023, Shamim and Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah rejected the application of Robi Axiata challenging a lower court verdict which allowed the former CEO of Robi Axiata Mahtab Uddin Ahmed to proceed with his lawsuit over an unfair dismissal and compensation.