K. M. Zahid Sarwar

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The Honourable
K. M. Zahid Sarwar
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 October 1995
Personal details
Born (1971-01-01) 1 January 1971 (age 53)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater University of Rajshahi
ProfessionJudge

K. M. Zahid Sarwar is a justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1] He is the former deputy attorney general of Bangladesh. [2]

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Early life

Sarwar was born on 1 January 1971. [3] He has a bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Rajshahi. [3]

Career

Sarwar became a lawyer of the district courts and High Court Division on 12 October 1995 and 30 October 1997, respectively. [3]

Sarwar was elected assistant secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association in 2008. [4]

From 9 February 2009 to 2019, Sarwar served as the deputy attorney general of Bangladesh. [3] He represented the state in the BDR mutiny trial. [5]

Sarwar became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on 29 March 2018. [3]

Sarwar was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 21 October 2019. [3] [6]

In September 2021, Sarwar and Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam denied bail for the managing director of Bashundhara Group, Sayem Sobhan Anvir, in a rape and murder case. [7] Sarwar and Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam granted bail to Jhumon Das who had been detained under a Digital Security Act for making a Facebook post on Mamunul Haque, leader of Hefajat-e-Islam, after he had spent more than six months in pretrial detention. [8] On 19 October 2021, Sarwar was appointed a permanent judge of the High Court Division by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid. [9] In September, Sarwar and Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam in a verdict declared that the lower courts violated the rules by placing Pori Moni in police custody multiple times for questioning. [10] [11] They criticized the conduct of the lower court judges in the case. [12] The magistrates of the lower courts apologized to the High Court bench for their actions. [13]

On 21 April 2022, Sarwar and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif disposed 1501 cases in one day of hearings. [14]

In January 2023, Sarwar and Justice SM Emdadul Haque denied bail to a man accused in the Kalabagan O-level student rape and murder case. [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Chief justice forms 9 more HC benches for virtually disposing of 'very urgent cases'". The Daily Star. 2021-05-22. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  2. ↑ "HC order not to torture Aman during interrogation". The Daily Star. 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  4. ↑ "Court asks Sujan not to function as SCBA secy until May 25". The Daily Star. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  5. ↑ "9 Years of BDR Carnage: Still waiting for justice". The Daily Star. 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  6. ↑ "High Court gets nine new judges". The Business Standard. 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  7. ↑ "HC rejects Bashundhara Group MD's anticipatory bail plea". The Daily Star. 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  8. ↑ "Jhumon Das granted bail". The Daily Star. 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  9. ↑ "Nine new High Court judges take oath". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  10. ↑ "Lower courts abused their authority: HC". The Daily Star. 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  11. ↑ "Pori Moni Remand: HC expresses discontent at explanation of 2 judges". The Daily Star. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  12. ↑ "Pori on Remand: 'They have undermined this court'". The Daily Star. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  13. ↑ "Magistrates apologise for Pori Moni remand decisions". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  14. ↑ "HC bench clears 1501 cases in a single day". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  15. ↑ "Rape, murder of O-level student: HC denies bail to Fardin". The Daily Star. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  16. ↑ "O-level student dead after rape in Dhaka's Kalabagan, family claims". The Daily Star. 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
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