Shahdeen Malik is a senior advocate of the
Supreme Court of Bangladesh and head of chambers of a law firm named Ergo Legal Counsel. Shahdeen Malik's practice spans over two decades in the Supreme Court and the district court where he was enrolled in 2000 and 1996 respectively. Malik started his practice at Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2003. Malik was a founder director and faculty at the law school of
BRAC University. He criticised the Fifteen Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, which abolished the caretaker government on 19 July after praising it on 10 July 2011. In 2013, he was the lawyer of the
Bangladesh Election Commission. Malik is a trustee board member of the
Centre for Policy Dialogue. He is an adjunct professor at
Gono University. He described the speech by the minister of law,
Anisul Huq, in Geneva defending the human rights record of the government as embarrassing. He is currently working as a professor at Asia Pacific University.
Resignation of the Constitution Reform Commission On 11 September 2024, the interim government of Bangladesh announced the formation of six reform commissions. Among them,
Constitutional Reform Commission was to be headed by him. The announcement was made by the Chief Adviser of the interim government,
Muhammad Yunus, who presented a comprehensive plan for reforms in various sectors in a national address. However, within a week of assuming responsibility, on 10 September 2024, He stepped down from his position as head of the commission. Subsequently, the government announced that he had resigned due to "personal and professional commitments." According to the notification published the same day,
Ali Riaz was appointed as his successor. == References ==