A. K. M. Zahirul Hoque is a justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He has been barred from his role following allegations of irregularities.[1]
A. K. M. Zahirul Hoque | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 7 October 1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1959 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
Early life
editHoque was born on 31 January 1959.[2] He has a bachelors of science and another bachelors in law.[2]
Career
editHoque started his legal practice on 7 October 1984 in District Courts.[2]
On 11 July 1990, Hoque became a lawyer of the High Court Division and the Bangladesh Supreme Court on 27 December 2002.[2]
Hoque was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 18 April 2010 by President M Zillur Rahman.[2][3] The swearing in ceremony of Hoque and 14 other judges was not attended by judges of the Appellate Division in an unprecedented incident.[4] He had previously served as the Additional Attorney General of Bangladesh.[3] In August, Hoque and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain granted bail to ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon, former state minister, in an extortion case.[5]
Hoque was made a permanent judge on 15 April 2012.[2]
In August 2015, Hoque and Justice Mirza Hussain Haider stopped the move to transfer a domestic violence case against an army officer to military court.[6] They also sought an explanation on why Major General Mijanur Rahman Khan letter to Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Tangail requesting the transfer should not be declared illegal.[6]
In May 2017, Hoque and Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury asked the Officer-in-Charge of Ashulia station of Bangladesh Police to explain why he had handcuffed a student who was receiving treatment at Enam Medical Hospital after falling sick at a protest of students of Jahangirnagar University.[7]
Hoque and Justice Obaidul Hassan rejected the bail petition of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[8]
In 2019, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, after consulting with President Abdul Hamid, suspended Hoque, Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury, and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Haque of the High Court Division.[9] Hoque and Chowdhury were suspended for issuing an illegal order to a lower court to give a verdict in favor of MR Trading Company.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "Three HC judges barred from performing judicial acts - Front Page". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ a b c d e f "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ a b "HC gets 17 new additional judges". The Daily Star. 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ Sarkar, Ashutosh (2010-04-19). "Rare absence of SC judges marks oath". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "HC stays Milon's property attachment order". The Daily Star. 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ a b "Move to transfer woman torture case to military court stayed". The Daily Star. 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Handcuffed to Hospital Bed: HC orders police to explain why they did it". The Daily Star. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "HC rejects Khaleda's bail plea in Zia Charitable Trust graft case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "No farewell to justices mired in corruption, nepotism, misconduct: SCBA". The Business Standard. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Three HC judges out of court for three years". New Age. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Three HC judges kept out of court". New Age. Retrieved 2023-06-26.