Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman | |
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Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
Assumed office 19 May 1991 | |
Personal details | |
Born | December 31, 1966 |
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Profession | Justice |
Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman is a Judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
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]
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]
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]
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