Mirza Hussain Haider () is a former justice of the Appellate Division of the

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Early life

Haider was born on 1 March 1954 in

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, East Bengal, Pakistan. He completed his bachelor's degree and master's in law from the

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Career

Haider started working as a lawyer in the district court in 1979. In 1981, Haider became a lawyer in the High Court Division. Haider worked as a lawyer in the Appellate Division in 1999. On 3 July 2001, Haider was appointed an additional judge on the

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. His appointment was confirmed three years later in 2003 as a permanent judge of the division. Haider and Justice Borhan Uddin issued an order for

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, former chief whip, to surrender before the court in a tax evasion case in 2009. On 22 March 2012, Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar ordered the government to block anti-Islam content on Facebook. In 2016, Haider was the second most senior judge in the High Court Division. Haider was promoted to the Appellate Division of the

on 8 February 2016. In August 2019, Haider's residence in Bakshiganj was attacked and damaged by a local

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politician. Haider retired in February 2021. During his farewell speech he questioned the neutrality and independence of the judiciary in Bangladesh.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haider, Mirza Hussain Living people 20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers Supreme Court of Bangladesh justices 21st-century Bangladeshi judges 1954 births University of Dhaka alumni People from Jamalpur District