Md. Atabullah
Md. Atabullah | |
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| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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]
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