J. B. M. Hassan, also written as JBM Hassan, is a judge of the

High Court Division The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, হাইকোর্ট ডিভিশন) popularly known as the 'High Court' is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Appellate D ...

of the

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

Hassan was born on 10 January 1968. He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in law from the

University of Rajshahi The University of Rajshahi, also known as Rajshahi University or RU ( bn, রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), is a Public university, public Mixed-sex education, co-educational research university in Bangladesh si ...

Career

Hassan became a lawyer on the district courts on 10 May 1992. On 22 January 1994, Hassan became a lawyer of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. Hassan became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 21 July 2004. On 18 April 2010, Hassan became an additional judge of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. Hassan was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 15 April 2012. Hassan was appointed the judge by Chief Justice

Syed Mahmud Hossain Syed Mahmud Hossain (born 31 December 1954) was the 22nd Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He retired on 30 December 2021. Early life and education Hossain was born in 1954 to Syed Mustafa Ali (d. 2018) and Begum Kawsar Jahan. He completed his educ ...

on 12 December 2018 to hear former Prime Minister

Khaleda Zia Khaleda Zia (; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Ba ...

's appeal challenging the Bangladesh Election Commission decision to cancel her candidacy ahead of the 11th Parliamentary elections to be held of 31 December 2018. The hearing went to him after Justices

Syed Refaat Ahmed Syed Refat Ahmed is a justice of the Bangladesh Supreme Court and former judge of the Bangladesh High Court. Early life Ahmed studied law at the Wadham College of Oxford University in 1983. He studied International Relations at The Fletcher School ...

and Md Iqbal Kabir delivered a split verdict. Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam canceled the candidacy of M. Rashiduzzaman Millat of

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

for the 11th parliamentary elections. Khaleda Zia's lawyer, AJ Mohammad Ali, expressed no confidence in Hassan. In January 2021, Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam ordered

United Hospital, Dhaka United Hospital Limited () is a private hospital in Gulshan Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mohammad Faizur Rahman is the Managing Director and CEO of the hospital. United Hospital Limited along with Evercare Hospital Dhaka and Square Hospital are con ...

to pay 12 million BDT in damages to the families of people who died in the COVID-19 ward fire at the hospital. On 20 September 2021, Hassan and Justice

Razik Al Jalil Razik-Al-Jalil is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life Razik-Al-Jalil was born on 22 November 1962 to Justice Md. Abdul Jalil and Syeda Hazera Jalil. He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in po ...

ordered

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to provide it a plan to tackle water contamination. On 25 January 2021, Hassan and Justice

Fatema Najib Fatema Najib (born 11 July 1959) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, হাইকোর্ট ডিভিশন) popularly known as the 'High Court' is one of the two ...

ordered the closure of all illegal brick kilns in the

Chittagong Hill Tracts The Chittagong Hill Tracts ( bn, পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম, Parbotto Chottogram), often shortened to simply the Hill Tracts and abbreviated to CHT, are group of districts within the Chittagong Division in southeast ...

Districts (

Bandarban District Bandarban ( bn, বান্দরবান, Chakma: 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄘𑄧𑄢𑄴𑄝𑄚𑄴) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division. It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part o ...

Khagrachari District Khagrachari ( bn, খাগড়াছড়ি) is a district in the Chittagong Division of Southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. History The Chittagong Hill Tracts was under the reign of the Tripura Sta ...

, and

Rangamati District Rangamati Hill District ( Chakma:𑄢𑄋𑄟𑄖𑄴𑄳𑄠 ;) is a district in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division, and the town of Rangamati serves as the headquarters of the district. By area, Rangamati is ...

References

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