Mahmudul Haque (judge)

Haque was born on 13 December 1958.[3] He has a bachelor's of law and masters of art from the University of Chittagong.[3]

Haque became a lawyer in the District Courts on 26 September 1984 and in the High Court Division on 8 January 1987.[3]

On 14 June 2012, Haque was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division.[3] In September, Haque and Justice MR Hasan dismissed a corruption case against Obaidul Karim, chairman of Orion Group, in which he was accused of brbing former prime minister Khaleda Zia to receive the contract for the Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover.[4]

In March 2013, Haque and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik refused the bail application of the chairman of Hall-Mark Group in 11 corruption cases.[5] The Court also ordered the arrest of officials of Hall-Mark Group and Sonali Bank involved in the scam.[6] Haque and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik ordered police to detain Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami activists who forcefully converted Awami League activists after accusing them of being "Jewish" for supporting the Awami League.[7][8] The Awami League activists were abducted by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami activists in Dinajpur District and forcefully made to pledge loyalty to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami through a conversion to Islam in a mosque.[8] Haque and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik ordered the government to protect religious minorities from targeted attacks by activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.[9] The court also ordered the arrest of those involved in the attack on Hindu homes and temples in Banshkhali Upazila.[10]

Haque was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division in June 2014 by President Abdul Hamid along with four other judges.[11][12] The government choose not to make Justice ABM Altaf Hossain, who became a judge at the same time, permanent.[13]

In March 2016, Haque and Justice Md Ruhul Quddus rejected four petitions against the corruption case against the vice-chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Tarique Rahman, clearing the way for the case to proceed.[14] Tarique Rahman was accused of taking a bribe relating to the 2006 death of Humayun Kabir Sabbir, director of the Bashundhara Group, to protect the accused.[14]

In April 2017, Hoque and Justice Farah Mahbub rejected a petition to halt the Cadet Pollen murder case from the five accused.[15]