S. M. Kuddus Zaman

S. M. Kuddus Zaman
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 February 1984
Personal details
Born (1960-08-12) August 12, 1960 (age 64)
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

S. M. Kuddus Zaman is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Early life

Zaman was born on 12 August 1960 in Bhabanipur, Rajbari District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[1] He graduated from Rajbari Government High School and Rajbari Government College in 1975 and 1978, respectively.[1] He completed his bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Dhaka in 1982 and 1983, respectively.[1]

Career

Zaman joined the judicial branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service on 22 February 1984 as a munsif.[1] He was promoted to Senior Assistant Judge and Joint District Judge.[1]

From March to April 2006, Zaman visited the United States as part of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs to study the Plea bargain system.[1] He was promoted to District Judge on 9 October 2006.[1] He was the Registrar of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] In January, he sent a letter to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police requesting extra security after bombs were recovered from premises of the Bangladesh Supreme Court and Chapainawabganj District court.[2] He was the director of the Judicial Strengthening Project sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme.[1]

Zaman was appointed the District Judge of Dhaka District on 5 February 2015.[1]

Zaman indicted Sohel Rana and 40 others in the collapse of Rana Plaza.[3] In November 2016, Zaman sentenced four police officers from the Government Railway Police Station to 10 years imprisonment for robbing a man near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.[4]

Zaman was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 31 May 2018.[1] In July, Zaman and Justice Obaidul Hassan rejected the bail application Mahabubul Haque Chisty, former audit chief of the Farmers Bank.[5]

In February 2019, Zaman and Justice Obaidul Hassan denied bail to Tufan Sarker, Sramik League convener of Bogura District, in a rape and torture case.[6] Zaman and Justice Obaidul Hassan fined Md Feroz Alam, a former Feni District Court Judge, for contempt of court for failure to provide protocol to High Court Justice Syed Amirul Islam.[7] In March, Zaman and Justice Mamnoon Rahman withdrew the bail to former Awami League leader Ruhul Amin for ordering a rape for withholding information in bail appeal.[8] Zaman and Justice Obaidul Hassan rejected the bail application of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in July.[9]

Zaman was appointed to the Search Committee, 2022 to recommend commissioners for the Bangladesh Election Commission.[10] In July, Zaman and Justice K. M. Zahid Sarwar Kazal granted bail to Mohammad Shahed, Chairman of Regent Hospital, in a loan default case from Farmers Bank.[11] Zaman and Justice Fahmida Quader granted bail to two former trustee board members of North South University, M. A. Kashem and Rehana Rahman, in a 3.04 billion BDT money laundering case in November.[12]

Zaman and Justice Fahmida Quader stayed a Digital Security Act case against singer Rita Dewan for "derogatory" comments about religion in January 2023.[13] Zaman and Justice Shahed Nuruddin denied bail to former Deputy Inspector General Md Mizanur Rahman.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  2. ^ "SC asks for security". The Daily Star. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  3. ^ "Owner among 41 indicted in Rana Plaza murder case". The Daily Star. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  4. ^ "4 cops jailed 10yrs in robbery case". The Daily Star. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  5. ^ "Farmers Bank Scam: HC rejects bail of ex-audit chief". The Daily Star. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  6. ^ "HC denies bail to Bogura student rape accused Tufan". The Daily Star. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  7. ^ "HC fines former district judge over contempt of court". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  8. ^ "Noakhali 'Rape': That Ruhul Amin loses HC bail". The Daily Star. 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  9. ^ "Khaleda's bail plea rejected in Zia charitable graft case". The Daily Star. 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  10. ^ "EC formation: Justice Obaidul Hassan to lead 6-member search committee". The Daily Star. 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  11. ^ "Shahed gets permanent bail in graft case". The Daily Star. 2022-07-29. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  12. ^ "Money Laundering: 2 former NSU trustees get conditional bail". The Daily Star. 2022-11-11. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  13. ^ "HC stays trial of DSA case against Baul singer Rita Dewan". The Daily Star. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  14. ^ "Suspended DIG Mizanur denied bail in graft case". The Daily Star. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  15. ^ "Ex-district judge fined for contempt of court". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2023-07-10.