A. K. Badrul Haque was a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]
Early life
editHaque was born on 26 September 1941 in Patuakhali District, East Bengal, British Raj.[2] He completed his bachelors and masters in history, and a law degree from the University of Dhaka.[2]
Career
editHaque and Justice Fazlur Rahman criticized Judge Ali Noor, Chittagong Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, for sending a six month old to jail with her mother, Minati Nath, in a robbery case.[3]
Haque resigned as a Judge of the High Court Division on 3 March 2008.[4] He was set to retire on 26 September 2008.[4] He had been superseded multiple times by junior justices promotion to the Appellate Division.[4] In August 2006, Justice Md. Joynul Abedin was promoted superseding him, Justice Syed Amirul Islam, and Justice Md. Hasan Amin which was protested by lawyers.[5] He participated in a mock trial of the war criminals of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 organized by the Department of Law of the University of Dhaka in April 2010.[6]
Death
editHaque died on 22 December 2013 at Apollo Hospitals, Dhaka.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "লাইফ সাপোর্টে আছেন বিচারপতি এ কে বদরুল হক". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ a b "Ex-Justice Badrul Haque passes away". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2013-12-22. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "HC criticises Chittagong CMM". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ a b c "Justice Badrul retires early". The Daily Star. 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Justice Joynul Abedin takes oath as Appellate Division judge amid lawyers' protest". Justice Joynul Abedin takes oath as Appellate Division judge amid lawyers' protest. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ a b "Law and Our Rights". www.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "বিচারপতি বদরুল হকের জানাজা সম্পন্ন". Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-08-02.