Maksum-ul-Hakim was a jurist, diplomat and justice of

Dhaka 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 ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. He was an Advocate General for the government. He was an elected member of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Committee for Prevention of Discrimination of Minorities. He was one of the judge of famous

Agartala Conspiracy Case The Agartala Conspiracy Case was a sedition case in Pakistan during the rule of Ayub Khan against Awami League, brought by the government of Pakistan in 1968 against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then leader of the Awami League and East Pakistan ...

Personal life

Hakim married Nessima, second daughter of former chief justice of

Amin Ahmed Amin Ahmed NPk, MBE ( bn, আমিন আহমদ; 1 October 1899 – 5 December 1991) was a jurist and chief justice of the Dacca High Court in Bangladesh. Early life and education Amin Ahmed was born on 1 October 1899 at Ahmadpur vill ...

. They had three daughters (Yasmin, Sonia, and Tania) and one son, Tariq ul Hakim. His only son also became a Dhaka High Court justice.

Death

Hakim died in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

on 12 October 2005.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hakim, Maksum-ul 1926 births 2005 deaths University of Calcutta alumni Bangladeshi judges Bangladeshi diplomats People from Khulna District 20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers Bangladeshi expatriates in Argentina Bangladeshi expatriates in Sweden People from Khulna