Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman is a Judge of the
High Court Division of
Bangladesh Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সুপ্রীম কোর্ট) is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, and was created by Part VI C ...
.
Early life
Rahman was born on 31 December 1966.
He has a bachelor's and master's in law from the
University of Dhaka.
He did another bachelor's in law from the
University of Wolverhampton.
Career
On 19 May 1991, Rahman started working as a lawyer in the district courts and the High Court Division on 12 December 1992.
Rahman was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 20 October 2011.
Rahman was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 7 October 2013.
On 7 January 2015, Rahman and Justice
Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque is a judge on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Early life
Hoque was born on 28 November 1958. He did his bachelors and masters in law from the University of Dhaka. He did his second masters of law from the ...
issued a ban on the broadcasting of the speeches of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Vice-chairman Tareque Rahman, who is fugitive living in London. After the verdict Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque's home in Feni was burned down and bombs were thrown at the Rahman's home in Dhanmondi. Rahman and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque ordered the government to take steps to stop the violence during the anti government movement of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in which more than a 100 people were killed. In August 2015, Rahman and Justice Quazi-Reza-Ul Haque ordered Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and Bangladesh Police to remove unfit vehicles from the roads and stop the estimated 1.9 million fake driving licenses. Rahman and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque rejected a petition calling for the removal of the section 57 from the
Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006.
Rahman and Justice
AKM Rabiul Hasan summoned M Amir Hossain Chowdhury, the Chief Conservator of Forests, in August 2022 for disobeying an order of the court.
Rahman and Justice AKM Rabiul Hassan expressed frustration with government officials not following orders of the High Court.
Personal life
Rahman is married to Subrina Munazilin, a doctor.
In March 2022, ASI Sadequl Islam of the
Special Branch
Special Branch is a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security and Intelligence (information gathering), intelligence in Policing in the United Kingdom, British, Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth, ...
of Bangladesh Police was sentenced to two years imprisonment for demanding a bribe of two thousand taka for doing the paperwork on the passports of Rahman's minor daughters.
References
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Living people
Supreme Court of Bangladesh justices
Bangladeshi lawyers
1966 births
University of Dhaka alumni
Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton