Jahangir Hossain is a judge of the Appellate 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

He was born on 31 December 1959 in

Noakhali District Noakhali ( bn, নোয়াখালী, , New canal), historically known as Bhulua ( bn, ভুলুয়া), is a district in southeastern Bangladesh, located in the Chittagong Division. It was established as district in 1821, and offici ...

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. He finished his LL.B and Masters in Commerce from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

Career

In 1986, Hossain started worked as an advocate at the District and Session Judge's Court. In 1991, he started working as an advocate at the

Bangladesh High Court 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 ...

. He worked as a special public prosecutor in Dhaka. He notably prosecuted the murder of the first President of Bangladesh,

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

. On 18 April 2010, he was appointed as an Additional Judge on the Bangladesh High Court bench. On 5 January 2012, Hossain and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury, sentenced a university teacher to 6 months in jail over a Facebook post on which he wished the death of Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

. On 15 April 2012, his appointed was made permanent. On 29 August 2012, he was appointed as a judge to the International Crimes Tribunal-1 of the International Crimes Tribunal. He faced some controversy after Skype conversation where Chairman of Tribunal, Justice Mohammad Nizamul Huq, made disparaging comments about Hossain and called him corrupt, were leaked to the media. He elevated to the Appellate Division from High Court on December, 2022 by superseding many of his colleagues.

References

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