| Mahmudul Hoque | |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh |
| Term Start: | 26 September 1984 |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1958 |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Profession: | Judge |
| Alma Mater: | University of Chittagong |
Mahmudul Hoque is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] [2]
Hoque was born on 13 December 1958.[3] He has a bachelor's of law and masters of art from the University of Chittagong.
Hoque became a lawyer in the District Courts on 26 September 1984 and in the High Court Division on 8 January 1987.
On 14 June 2012, Hoque was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division. In September, Hoque 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, Hoque 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] Hoque 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. Hoque 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]
Hoque 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, Hoque 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.
In April 2017, Hoque and Justice Farah Mahbub rejected a petition to halt the Cadet Pollen murder case from the five accused.[15]