Md. Rezaul Haque

Rezaul Haque was born on 24 April 1960.^[3] He holds a Bachelor's of Laws (LL.B.) and a Master of Arts degree.^[3]

Rezaul Haque joined the District Court on 8 April 1984.^[3] He became a lawyer of the High Court Division on 21 June 1990.^[3]

On 23 August 2004, Rezaul Haque was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division.^[3] Rezaul Haque was made a permanent judge on 23 August 2006.^[3]

Rezaul Haque and Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana issued a verdict asking the government to explain Justice Md Abdul Wahab should not be reappointed to the court on 9 March 2009.^[4] Md Abdul Wahab was appointed to the court on 29 May 1984 as an additional judge but his appointment was not confirmed after two years.^[4] Rezaul Haque and Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana issued a stay order on a notice of the Anti-Corruption Commission sent to Hasina Ahmed, a member of parliament of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^[5]

On 3 September 2014, Rezaul Haque and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore refused to hear a petition by Tanvir Rahman, an official of Scholastica and a suspect in the Murder of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, due to personal conflicts.^[6]

Rezaul Haque and Justice Md Khosruzzaman granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on 15 November 2015.^[7]

On 25 June 2018, Rezaul Haque and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar granted bail to Taimur Alam Khandaker, advisor to the chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda Zia.^[8] Rezaul Haque and Justice Zafar Ahmed granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroja Abbas.^[9]

Rezaul Haque and Justice Md Atoar Rahman on 14 December 2020 stayed a case against Matiur Rahman, editor of Prothom Alo, over the death of a student of Dhaka Residential Model College who was accidentally electrocuted at a program of the Prothom Alo.^[10] Rezaul Haque and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty issued an order saying a rape accused cannot be found innocent only on the basis of the absence of medical evidence.^[11]

Rezaul Haque and Justice Md Badiuzzaman denied the bail request of Helena Jahangir, a former Awami League politician, facing a Digital Security Act case.^[12]

On 20 April 2022, Rezaul Haque and Justice Mohammad Ali heard 285 cases in an attempt to reduce the backlog of cases at the court.^[13]