Md. Atabullah
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

Md. Atabullah is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He is a former District Sessions judge.[1]

Early life

Atabullah was born on 1 November 1963 in Bhanua, Gazipur District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[2] He completed his SSC from Gazipur Cantonment Board High School and HSC from Dhaka College.[2] He did his bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Dhaka in 1985 and 1987, respectively.[2]

Career

Atabullah joined the judicial branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service as an assistant judge on 15 February 1988.[2]

Atabullah served as the deputy director of the Judicial Administration Training Institute.[2] He worked in the DANIDA-JATI Project as deputy director.[2]

In November 2018, Narsingdi District and session judge Atabullah sent Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Khairul Kabir Khokon to jail in connection with two sabotage cases.[3]

Dhaka Metropolitan Judge Atabullah rejected the bail petition of a police sub-inspector who had framed a man with Ya ba drugs with two police informants.[4] He was made an additional judge of the High Court Division on 31 July 2022 along with 10 others.[2][5] He and the newly appointed judges met with President Mohammad Abdul Hamid after their appointment.[6] In September, Atabullah and Justice Md Rezaul Hasan issued a suo moto ruling on the lynch mob killing of Taslima Begum Renu, a single mother who had gone to Badda to admit her children to a school there, on suspicion of being a kidnapper.[7] The bench called for exemplary punishment for all involved in the lynch mob killing.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Youths 'assault' college girl in Demra". The Daily Star. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  3. ↑ "BNP joint secretary general Khokon lands in jail | RTV | Print". RTV Online. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Framing man with yaba: ASI, 2 informants' bail plea rejected, sent to jail". The Daily Star. 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  5. ↑ Sarkar, Ashutosh (2022-08-01). "HC gets 11 new judges". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  6. ↑ "New High Court judges call on President - National - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  7. 1 2 "'Punishment to culprits unavoidable'". The Daily Star. 2022-09-19. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
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