Mahmudul Haque
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Assumed office
26 September 1984
Personal details
Born (1958-12-13) December 13, 1958
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Chittagong
ProfessionJudge

Mahmudul Haque is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1][2]

Early life

Haque was born on 13 December 1958.[3] He has a bachelor's of law and masters of art from the University of Chittagong.[3]

Career

Haque became a lawyer in the District Courts on 26 September 1984 and in the High Court Division on 8 January 1987.[3]

On 14 June 2012, Haque was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division.[3] In September, Haque and Justice MR Hasan dismissed a corruption case against Obaidul Karim, chairman of Orion Group, in which he was accused of brbing former prime minister Khaleda Zia to receive the contract for the Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover.[4]

In March 2013, Haque and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik refused the bail application of the chairman of Hall-Mark Group in 11 corruption cases.[5] The Court also ordered the arrest of officials of Hall-Mark Group and Sonali Bank involved in the scam.[6] Haque and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik ordered police to detain Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami activists who forcefully converted Awami League activists after accusing them of being "Jewish" for supporting the Awami League.[7][8] The Awami League activists were abducted by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami activists in Dinajpur District and forcefully made to pledge loyalty to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami through a conversion to Islam in a mosque.[8] Haque and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik ordered the government to protect religious minorities from targeted attacks by activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.[9] The court also ordered the arrest of those involved in the attack on Hindu homes and temples in Banshkhali Upazila.[10]

Haque was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division in June 2014 by President Abdul Hamid along with four other judges.[11][12] The government choose not to make Justice ABM Altaf Hossain, who became a judge at the same time, permanent.[13]

In March 2016, Haque and Justice Md Ruhul Quddus rejected four petitions against the corruption case against the vice-chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Tarique Rahman, clearing the way for the case to proceed.[14] Tarique Rahman was accused of taking a bribe relating to the 2006 death of Humayun Kabir Sabbir, director of the Bashundhara Group, to protect the accused.[14]

In April 2017, Hoque and Justice Farah Mahbub rejected a petition to halt the Cadet Pollen murder case from the five accused.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Chief justice forms 9 more HC benches for virtually disposing of 'very urgent cases'". The Daily Star. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  2. ↑ "5 HC additional Justices regularized". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2014-06-09. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  4. ↑ Staff Correspondent (2012-09-26). "HC throws out charge against Orion Group chairman". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  5. ↑ "Hall-Mark chairman denied bail". The Daily Star. 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  6. ↑ "HC orders arrest of fugitive officials". The Daily Star. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  7. ↑ "HC orders arrest of Jamaat men who administered 'tauba'". The Daily Star. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  8. 1 2 "Jamaat makes AL men 'Muslim'". The Daily Star. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  9. ↑ "Protect minorities". The Daily Star. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  10. ↑ "Arrest Banshkhali perpetrators in 7 days: HC". The Daily Star. 2013-03-10. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  11. ↑ Sarkar, Ashutosh (2014-05-24). "Govt to regularise job of 6 HC judges". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  12. ↑ "5 HC judges' job confirmed". The Daily Star. 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  13. ↑ "Justice Altaf's petition for HC appointment rejected". The Daily Star. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  14. 1 2 "Bribery case against Tarique to go ahead". The Daily Star. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  15. ↑ "HC gives go ahead to cadet Pollen murder case". The Daily Star. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
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