Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Profession: | Judge |
Biswajit Debnath is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Debnath was born on 1 April 1963 in a Bengali Hindu family.[1] He did his bachelor's and master's of law from the University of Rajshahi.
Debnath registered with the Bangladesh Bar Council on 10 May 1992. He became a lawyer of the High Court Division on 1 February 1997.
On 8 February 2009, Debnath was appointed a Deputy Attorney General of Bangladesh.
In October 2016, Debnath was sent to Munishganj District to ensure the security of Durga Puja.[2]
Debnath became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on 1 March 2018.
In April 2021, Debnath represented the state at the hearing of Erfan Selim, son of Awami League member of parliament Haji Selim, for assaulting a Bangladesh Navy officer.[3]
Debnath served as the Deputy Attorney General till 30 July 2022. He was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 31 July.[4]
In May 2023, Debnath and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif passed a verdict prohibiting employees of Bangladesh High Court from accepting tips or gratuity and taking it will be treated as corruption.[5] [6]