A. K. M. Rabiul Hassan Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
A. K. M. Rabiul Hassan
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Term Start:5 August 2003
Birth Date:30 October 1974
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Profession:Judge
Alma Mater:University of Wolverhampton

A. K. M. Rabiul Hassan is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]

Early life

Hassan was born on 30 October 1974.[2] He did his Bachelor of Law from the University of Wolverhampton. He did a Bar Vocational Course from Northumbria University. He then joined Lincoln's Inn.

Career

Hassan joined the district court on 5 August 2003 and the High Court Division on 20 April 2005.

On 29 March 2018, Hassan became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Hassan was appointed an additional Judge of the Bangladesh High Court on 31 July 2022 by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.[3] [4] He and the 10 other judges paid respect to the founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Gopalganj District after their appointment.[5]

Hassan and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman summoned M Amir Hossain Chowdhury, the Chief Conservator of Forests, in August 2022 for disobeying an order of the court.[6] In December 2022, Hassan and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman criticized the bureaucrats while at the contempt of court hearing of deputy secretary of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives, Md Abdur Rahma.[7]

In February 2023, Hassan and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman expressed disappointment with bureaucrats not following orders of the court and refused to hear a contempt of court petition against the secretary of the ministry of environment.[8] Hassan and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman summoned a politician of Awami League for allegedly poisoning 50 palm trees illegally in Bagmara upazila.[9] The bench had him stand in court for a few hours and criticized him for killing the trees.[10] In April, Hassan and Justice Iqbal Kabir granted bail to 24 lawyers aligned with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in a vandalism case.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: High Court gets 11 new judges . 2023-08-15 . bangladeshpost.net . en.
  2. Web site: Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh . 2023-08-15 . www.supremecourt.gov.bd.
  3. Web site: Sarkar . Ashutosh . 2022-08-01 . HC gets 11 new judges . 2023-08-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  4. Web site: President appoints 11 new additional judges Daily Sun . 2023-08-15 . daily sun . en.
  5. Web site: 2022-08-06 . 11 new HC judges pay homage to Bangabandhu . 2023-08-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  6. Web site: HC summons chief conservator of forests News . 2023-05-11 . BSS.
  7. Web site: 2022-12-08 . Bureaucrats don't consider ordinary people as their friends: HC . 2023-08-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  8. Web site: 2023-02-20 . Noncompliance of orders: ‘We are fed up’ . 2023-08-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  9. Web site: 2023-02-02 . Injecting poison: HC summons AL leader for killing 50 trees . 2023-08-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  10. Web site: 2023-02-13 . Harming 50 Trees: HC slams AL leader over ‘terrible act’ . 2023-08-15 . The Daily Star . en.
  11. Web site: 24 pro-BNP lawyers get anticipatory bail . 2023-08-15 . New Age . en.