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Mirza Hussain Haider

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Mirza Hussain Haider
Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Personal details
Born1 March 1954
Bakshiganj, Jamalpur District
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationJudge, lawyer

Mirza Hussain Haider (Bengali: মির্জা হুসেন হায়দার) is a former justice of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]

Early life

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Haider was born on 1 March 1954 in Bakshiganj, Jamalpur District, East Bengal, Pakistan.[2][3] He completed his bachelor's degree and master's in law from the University of Dhaka.[2]

Career

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Haider started working as a lawyer in the district court in 1979.[2]

In 1981, Haider became a lawyer in the High Court Division.[2]

Haider worked as a lawyer in the Appellate Division in 1999.[2]

On 3 July 2001, Haider was appointed an additional judge on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[4] His appointment was confirmed three years later in 2003 as a permanent judge of the division.[4]

Haider and Justice Borhan Uddin issued an order for Abul Hasnat Abdullah, former chief whip, to surrender before the court in a tax evasion case in 2009.[5]

On 22 March 2012, Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar ordered the government to block anti-Islam content on Facebook.[6]

In 2016, Haider was the second most senior judge in the High Court Division.[7] Haider was promoted to the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on 8 February 2016.[4]

In August 2019, Haider's residence in Bakshiganj was attacked and damaged by a local Awami League politician.[3]

Haider retired in February 2021.[4] During his farewell speech he questioned the neutrality and independence of the judiciary in Bangladesh.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "3 new judges at SC Appellate Division". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Judiciary constitutionally independent, but we know reality: Justice Mirza Hussain Haider". The Business Standard. 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  3. ^ a b "SC judge's village home vandalised, local AL leader held". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  4. ^ a b c d "Justice questions judiciary's independence in farewell speech". New Age. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  5. ^ "HC asks Hasnat to surrender before trial court". The Daily Star. 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  6. ^ "Law and Our Rights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  7. ^ "Chief Justice swears in three judges to the Appellate Division". bdnews24.com. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  8. ^ "'We all know how independent the judiciary really is'". The Daily Star. 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  9. ^ "Outgoing Supreme Court judge says all know how much judiciary is independent". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2021-12-22.