Abul Hossain Mohammed Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik is a retired judge of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh.
He drew controversy after submitting verdicts in cases after his retirement, making questionable remarks on television as well as criminal misconduct.
On 25 March, he was appointed as a full judge to the Bangladesh High Court by the Awami League government, which came to power in 2009.
The chief justice asked him to send all the judgements and documents to the Supreme Court's registrar general's office and not hold press conferences.
[12][13][14] On 28 April 2016, the Bangladesh Supreme Court decided to rehear 161 cases in which judgements were provided by Manik after his retirement.
[3] In October 2021, Sarkar appointed a four-member team to manage Evaly [bn], an e-commerce site which was going through financial crises, led by Manik.
[24] In February 2022, Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar appointed Manik as the liquidator of Jubilee Bank.
[25] In October 2023, Manik demanded the expulsion of US Ambassador Peter Haas accusing him for interfering in the country's internal affairs.
[27][28][29][30][31] In 2012, Manik was accused of 29 allegations including buying three houses in London with a total of only 32,000 pounds and the source of the income was not disclosed.
[32] In July 2024, Manik participated as a guest in the talk show To the Point on Channel i, which focused on the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
[33][34] In August 2024, a complaint was filed against Manik in a court in Noakhali for derogatory remarks against former President and Bangladesh Nationalist Party founder Ziaur Rahman, whom he called "a spy for Pakistan".
[38] As he was being brought to court for a hearing on 24 August, Manik was assaulted by angry agitators in the premise, resulting in him being hospitalised due a critical condition, including a ruptured testicle.