Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman

Abu Taher Md. Saifur Rahman is a Judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Early life
Rahman was born on 31 December 1966. He has a bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Dhaka. He did another bachelor's in law from the University of Wolverhampton.

Career
On 19 May 1991, Rahman started working as a lawyer in the district courts and the High Court Division on 12 December 1992.

Rahman was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 20 October 2011.

Rahman was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 7 October 2013.

On 7 January 2015, Rahman and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque issued a ban on the broadcasting of the speeches of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Vice-chairman Tareque Rahman, who is fugitive living in London. After the verdict Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque's home in Feni was burned down and bombs were thrown at the Rahman's home in Dhanmondi. Rahman and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque ordered the government to take steps to stop the violence during the anti government movement of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in which more than a 100 people were killed. In August 2015, Rahman and Justice Quazi-Reza-Ul Haque ordered Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and Bangladesh Police to remove unfit vehicles from the roads and stop the estimated 1.9 million fake driving licenses. Rahman and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque rejected a petition calling for the removal of the section 57 from the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006.

Rahman and Justice AKM Rabiul Hasan summoned M Amir Hossain Chowdhury, the Chief Conservator of Forests, in August 2022 for disobeying an order of the court.

Rahman and Justice AKM Rabiul Hassan expressed frustration with government officials not following orders of the High Court.

Personal life
Rahman is married to Subrina Munazilin, a doctor. In March 2022, ASI Sadequl Islam of the Special Branch of Bangladesh Police was sentenced to two years imprisonment for demanding a bribe of two thousand taka for doing the paperwork on the passports of Rahman's minor daughters.