Fahmida Quader
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

Fahmida Quader is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. She is the former Tangail District and Session Judge.[1]

Early life

Quader was born on 8 June 1966.[2] Her father, Abdul Kader Talukder, was the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.[2] She did her SSC at Agrani Balika Bidyalay and HSC at Holy Cross College, Dhaka.[2] She did her bachelor of law and master of law from the University of Dhaka.[2] She is married to retired District Judge Md. Maqbul Ahsan.[2]

Career

Quader joined the judicial branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service and was appointed an assistant Judge on 11 December 1991.[2]

Quader was promoted to District Judge on 9 February 2015.[2] She is the vice-chairman of the Women Judge's Association of Bangladesh.[2]

Quader was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 31 July 2022.[2][3] She and the 10 other newly appointed judges paid tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his mausoleum in Gopalganj.[4] In November, Justice S. M. Kuddus Zaman and Quader granted conditional bail to two trustee board members of North South University, M. A. Kashem and Rehana Rahman, in a three billion BDT money laundering case.[5]

Justice S. M. Kuddus Zaman and Quader stayed a Digital Security Act case against singer Rita Dewan for "derogatory" comments about religion in January 2023.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Man gets jail till death for killing father in Tangail". The Daily Star. 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  3. ↑ Sarkar, Ashutosh (2022-08-01). "HC gets 11 new judges". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  4. ↑ "11 new HC judges pay homage to Bangabandhu". The Daily Star. 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  5. ↑ "Tk 304 crore money laundering: HC grants conditional bail to 2 former NSU trustees". The Daily Star. 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  6. ↑ "HC stays trial of DSA case against Baul singer Rita Dewan". The Daily Star. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
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