Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar | |
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| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
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| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
Shashanka Shekhar Sarkar is a Bangladeshi jurist and justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court since 2018. [1] [2]
Sarkar was born on 6 June 1968 in a Bengali Hindu family. [3] He acquired an LL.B. and LL.M. from the University of Dhaka. [3]
Sarkar became a lawyer at the Dhaka District Court on 15 September 1992. [3] He became a lawyer of the High Court Division on 22 January 1994. [3]
In February 2009, President Iajuddin Ahmed appointed Sarkar deputy attorney general. [4] In October 2010, Sarkar represented the Attorney General of Bangladesh at a special court of the Bangladesh Rifles in Chapai Nawabganj District for the trial of 30 soldiers accused of participating in the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny. [5] He also represented the Attorney General of Bangladesh at the Satkhira District special court of Bangladesh Rifles for the trial of 105 mutineers of the 41 Rifles Battalion. [6] He became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on 28 December 2010. [3]
In 2016, Sarkar was the prosecutor of the 2005 Netrokona bombing at the Bangladesh Supreme Court which upheld the death penalty against the main accused, a member of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh. [7]
On 31 May 2018, Sarkar was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division by President Md Abdul Hamid. [3] [8] His oath was taken a second time at the office of Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain after the first virtual ceremony failed due to technical problems. [9] He and the 17 judges paid tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his mausoleum in Tungipara. [10] In August 2019, Sarkar requested a VIP protocol, a flag car, police escort, and fuel, through the Supreme Court's deputy registrar to visit his village home from the Deputy Commissioner of Khulna District Mohammad Helal Hossain. [11]
In May 2019, Sarkar and Justice Zubaer Rahman Chowdhury ordered news television channels to stop airing advertisement in the headlines. [12]
Sarkar was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 30 May 2020. [13] [14]