Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar

Sarkar was born on 6 June 1968.[3] He has an LL.B. and LL.M. from the University of Dhaka.[3]

Sarkar became a lawyer at the Dhaka District Court on 15 September 1992.[3] He became a lawyer of the High Court Division on 22 January 1994.[3]

In February 2009, President Iajuddin Ahmed appointed Sarkar deputy attorney general.[4] In October 2010, Sarkar represented the Attorney General of Bangladesh at a special court of the Bangladesh Rifles in Chapai Nawabganj District formed for the trial of 30 soldiers accused of participating in the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny.[5] He was also represented the Attorney General of Bangladesh at the Satkhira District special court of Bangladesh Rifles for the trial of 105 mutineers of the 41 Rifles Battalion.[6] He became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on 28 December 2010.[3]

In 2016, Sarkar was the prosecutor of the 2005 Netrokona bombing at the Bangladesh Supreme Court which upheld the death penalty against the main accused, a member of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh.[7]

On 31 May 2018, Sarkar was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division by President Md Abdul Hamid.[3][8] His oath was taken a second time at the office of Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain after the first virtual ceremony failed due to technical problems.[9] He and the 17 judges paid tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at his mausoleum in Tungipara.[10] In August 2019, Sarkar requested a VIP protocol, a flag car, police escort, and fuel, through the Supreme Court's deputy registrar to visit his village home from the Deputy Commissioner of Khulna District Mohammad Helal Hossain.[11]

In May 2019, Sarkar and Justice Zubaer Rahman Chowdhury ordered news television channels to stop airing advertisement in the headlines.[12]

Sarkar was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 30 May 2020.[13][14]