Sheikh Hassan Arif

Sheikh Hassan Arif is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Early life Arif was born on 20 April 1968 to Late Faizur Rahaman and Late Hosne Ara Begum ( Died 8 July 2023) ( Died in Evercare Hospital Chattogram). He completed a bachelor of law and a M.S.S. degree from the University of Chittagong.

On 15 April 2012, Arif was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division. The senior member of the High Court bench, Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, wanted to hear the bail plea at which point Arif announced he was embarrassed to hear it which sent the plea to the bench of the chief justice.

In October 2019, Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil refused to hear a petition seeking compensation for the family member of Abrar Fahad. On 20 October 2019, Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil declared the government's recent announcement for minimum age of freedom fighters (veterans of Bangladesh Liberation war) illegal and unconstitutional.

On 10 February 2020, Arif and Justice Md Mahmud Hassan banned the playing of card and dice games, and housie in social clubs as it viewed the activities as illegal gambling. Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil ordered the jail authorities to provide divisional facilities to Mainul Hosein.

Arif and Justice Ahmed Sohel in November 2021 issued a verdict saying a lower court would discover if the father of Monnujan Sufian, State Minister of Labour and Employment, was a member of the East Pakistan Central Peace Committee during Bangladesh Liberation war on a petition filed by historian Muntassir Mamoon. Mamoon had been sued by Sufian in 2019 after he claimed her father was a collaborator and member of the peace committee during the war and Mamoon filed a petition challenging the lawsuit by Sufian.