Tanim Hussain Shawon

Tanim Hussain Shawon is a Bangladeshi lawyer and member of the Judicial Reform Commission of the Muhammad Yunus led Interim government. He is a partner at Dr. Kamal Hossain and Associates.

Early life Shawon completed his bachelor's and master's in law at the University of Dhaka in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Asif Nazrul was sued over comments he made about the next government to come to power in Bangladesh.

In August 2018, Shawon and Jyotirmoy Barua represented Rehnuma Ahmed in a petition to send her husband, photographer Shahidul Alam who had been jailed for making comments critical of the government, to hospital for medical treatment. He wrote an opinion piece in the Dhaka Tribune praising Dr. Kamal Hossain ahead of the 2018 general election.

Shawon and Sharif Bhuiyan filed a review petition against the 13th amendment to the constitution of Bangladesh which removed the caretaker government system on behalf of Badiul Alam Majumdar, M Hafizuddin Khan, Md Jobirul Hoque Bhuiyan, Tofail Ahmed, and Zahrah Rahman. Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, he was made a member of the Judicial Reform Commission. The Commission had 29 meetings and 37 consultations with stakeholders to prepare its report. In November, he filed a contempt of court petition against Jugantor over an article by Mohammad Abdus Salam.