Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman

Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 May 1991
Personal details
Born (1966-12-31) 31 December 1966 (age 57)
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
ProfessionJustice

Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman is a Judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Early life

Rahman was born on 31 December 1966.[1] He has a bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Dhaka.[1] He did another bachelor's in law from the University of Wolverhampton.[1]

Career

On 19 May 1991, Rahman started working as a lawyer in the district courts and the High Court Division on 12 December 1992.[1]

Rahman was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 20 October 2011.[1]

Rahman was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 7 October 2013.[1]

On 7 January 2015, Rahman and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque issued a ban on the broadcasting of the speeches of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Vice-chairman Tareque Rahman, who is fugitive living in London.[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5][6] 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.[7][8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

Rahman and Justice AKM Rabiul Hassan expressed frustration with government officials not following orders of the High Court.[11]

Personal life

Rahman is married to Subrina Munazilin, a doctor.[12] In March 2022, ASI Sadequl Islam of the Special Branch 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.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ "High Court bans Tarique Rahman's speeches, statements in Bangladesh". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Bomb explodes in front of High Court judge's home in Dhaka". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Judge's native home burnt after Tarique order". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. ^ "HC orders to stop violence". jagonews24.com. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh High Court orders government to take steps against protests". The Economic Times. 15 February 2015. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Stop plying of all unfit vehicles, HC tells govt". The Daily Star. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Take action against unfit vehicles, orders HC". The Independent. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Writ challenging section 57 of ICT Act rejected". Daily Sun. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  10. ^ "HC summons chief conservator of forests | News". BSS. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Torturing Jubo League leader in custody: Thakurgaon OC withdrawn". The Daily Star. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  12. ^ a b "SB ASI jailed for demanding bribe from SC judge's daughters for passport verification". New Age. Retrieved 11 May 2023.