Md. Mahmud Hassan Talukder

Md. Mahmud Hassan Talukder is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]

Md. Mahmud Hassan Talukder
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Assumed office
10 December 1989
Personal details
Born (1966-01-07) 7 January 1966 (age 58)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
ProfessionJudge

Early life edit

Talukder was born on 7 January 1966.[2] He has an LLB and a Master in Art from the University of Dhaka.[2]

Career edit

Talukder became a lawyer of the District Courts on 10 December 1989 and the High Court Division on 31 December 1991.[2]

On 21 October 2019, Talukder was appointed an additional Judge of the High Court Division.[2][3]

In January 2020, Talukder and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif stayed the recruitment of primary school teachers in 14 districts following a petition filed by failed candidates.[4] This was expanded to four more districts.[5] Talukder and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif cancelled all convictions of juveniles by executive magistrates across Bangladesh.[6] The court also ordered the release of all juveniles detained on orders of executive magistrate.[7] On 8 December 2020, Talukder and Justice Md. Khasruzzaman ordered the government to block all online portals owned by Kanak Sarwar for anti-state propaganda.[8]

On 19 October 2021, Talukder was made a permanent Judge of the High Court Division by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Newly appointed nine permanent judges sworn-in | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  2. ^ a b c d "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Nine new HC judges appointed". The Daily Star. 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  4. ^ "Primary teacher recruitment tests: results of 14 districts stayed". The Daily Star. 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  5. ^ "Primary Teacher Recruitment: HC stays results in four more districts". The Daily Star. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  6. ^ "HC scraps conviction, jail sentence of children". The Daily Star. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  7. ^ "'Release children convicted by mobile courts and kept in correction centres'". The Daily Star. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  8. ^ "'Anti-state content': HC asks to block online portals of journalist Kanak Sarwar". The Daily Star. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  9. ^ "Nine HC judges take oath". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2023-08-09.