Md. Nuruzzaman

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Md. Nuruzzaman is a justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1]

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Early life

Md. Nuruzzaman was born on 1 July 1956. [2]

Career

Md. Nuruzzaman was in the Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971. [2]

Md. Nuruzzaman started working as a lawyer on 4 September 1983. [2]

In 1987, Md. Nuruzzaman became an advocate in the Bangladesh High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh. [3]

On 30 June 2009, Md. Nuruzzaman was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh. [2] He became a full judge of the High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 6 June 2011. [2]

On 17 September 2016, a bench led by Md. Nuruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed rejected a petition by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia challenging the proceedings of Barapukuria coal scam case. [4]

Md. Nuruzzaman was appointed to the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission on 6 December 2017. [5]

On 9 October 2018, Md. Nuruzzaman was appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. [2] He is the chairperson of the enrollment committee of the Bangladesh Bar Council. [6] [7] In January 2019, he became the chamber judge of the Appellate Division several times. [8] On 19 December 2019, he was appointed the vacation judge by the chief justice. [9] He has been appointed as the Performing Chief Justice of Bangladesh several times. [10]

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References

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  3. "New faces of Appellate Division: Three judges sworn in". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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  6. Council, Bangladesh Bar. "Committees of the Council – Bangladesh Bar Council" . Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  7. "Bar Council cancels advocateship written test of 5 centres". The Daily Star. 2020-12-25. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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