Career
Halim started his career as a practising lawyer He has also served as the Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and President of the World Federation of United Nations Association. Thereafter, he served in the assembly for six terms, from 1977 to 2011.
He was the Minister for Judicial Affairs in the Government of West Bengal from 1977 to 1982 and subsequently served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 2011.
He was the Modern Language Association for Amdanga constituency from 1977 to 2006, when he shifted his constituency to the Entally constituency. He was the Modern Language Association from Entally until 2011.
He has served in numerous departments and committees of West Bengal. Halim has also represented West Bengal at numerous seminars in India and abroad.
Halim was the longest-serving speaker of any legislative assembly in India, serving for a consecutive 29 years from 6 May 1982 to May 2011.
After the 2011 elections in West Bengal, Halim was replaced by Biman Banerjee as the Speaker of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha. Halim held a master"s degree in commerce, a bachelor"s degree in law and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Soka University, Tokyo. Halim died on 2 November 2015 in Kolkata at the age of 80.