Md. Rezaul Hasan (born 17 December 1962), also known as M R Hasan, is a judge of the

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of the

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Education

Rezaul Hasan received his

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and Masters degrees in law from the

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. His father was a lawyer.

Career

Rezaul Hasan became an advocate of the

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and the

of the

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in 1985 and 1989 respectively. He was enrolled as an advocate of the Appellate Division in 2004. In 2009, he was appointed as an additional judge of the High Court Division. He was elevated to a permanent judge of the High Court Division of

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in 2011. In 2003, he was short-term consultant at the

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's offices in

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. Rezaul Hasan contributed an essay to the treatise ''Investment Across the Borders'' published by the

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in 2010. His book ''M. R. Hasan's Index of Bangladesh Laws'' has been widely accepted by the legal community in Bangladesh and copies of it are preserved in the libraries of the

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, and the

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. In 2014, he removed eight members from the board of directors of

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, as they did not own the minimum required shares of the bank. In 2014, after a judgment from Rezaul Hasan, the

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changed its Listing Registrations to require listed companies to hold an

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in the cities of their registered offices, a move intended to increase transparency in the

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s. The

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circulated information about a judgment by Rezaul Hasan directing that no teachers should be kept under suspension for more than two months. In 2016, Rezaul Hasan and Justice

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ordered

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, and the

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to protect Munshi Pukur, a 100-year-old pond in

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. They then ordered the removal of 2,181 illegal structures from the banks of

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. On 7 June 2013, Chief Justice Md. Muzammel Hossain warned Rezaul Hasan and cautioned him to be more careful in the future as not to damage the image of the judiciary. Rezaul Hasan was travelling in a two car entourage when his vehicles was stopped at the

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for the bridge toll by Asaduzzaman, supervisor of the toll plaza at the bridge after Rezaul Hasan initially refused to pay. Rezaul Hasan then paid the toll and filed a contempt of court complaint with Bangabandhu Bridge Police Station who then arrested Asaduzzaman. Supervisor Asaduzzaman was sent to

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jail and secured bail from Sirajganj District court. In 2021, he was a keynote speaker at a

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and presented "Development Plans of

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and the Present Day Realities" to honour of what would have been

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's 100th birthday.

References

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