Md Shamsul Huda

Last updated
Md Shamsul Huda
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

Md Shamsul Huda is a retired justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. [1] He formerly served in the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [2] [3]

Contents

Career

In a verdict by the Bangladesh High Court, which was upheld by Bangladesh Supreme Court, the government of Bangladesh was asked to reappointed 10 judges to the High Court Division whose appointment was not confirmed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party despite the recommendation of the chief justice as they were appointed to the court by the last Awami League government. [4] The ten judges included Huda. [4] The verdict was opposed by 19 judges of the High Court Division. [5]

In December 2009, Huda and Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana ordered the government to include 159 family planning officers in the cadre service with appropriate seniority. [6]

Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee scrapped a three-year prison term for AKM Shamim Osman, former Awami League member of parliament, in a corruption case. [7] In May, Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee asked Mockbul Hossain, former Awami League member of parliament, to surrender to the trial court related to a corruption case. [8] Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee quashed the frigate purchase corruption case against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina filed in 2003 by the Bureau of Anti Corruption. [9] Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee quashed the Niko corruption case against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina filed in 2007 by the Anti-corruption Commission. [10] Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee quashed the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority corruption case against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina filed in 2001 by the Bureau of Anti-Corruption related to the appointment of lobbyist in Washington D.C. for the authority. [11] Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee quashed a case against Sheikh Selim, former Awami League member of parliament and cousin of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for attacking a motorcade of former prime minister Khaleda Zia in 2001 in Keraniganj. [12] Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee granted bail to Sheikh Helal, former Awami League member of parliament and cousin of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and his wife in two cases related to corruption and extortion. [13] In June 2010, Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee granted anticipatory bail to Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, chairman of Bashundhara Group, in seven criminal cases. [14] [15]

In February 2011, seven judges of the Bangladesh High Court threatened to go to strike or resign if Huda, and Justice Md Momtazuddin Ahmed were not appointed to the Appellate Division. [16] The seven judges were Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, Justice Faruque Ahmed, Justice Md Nizamul Huq, Justice Md Abdul Hye, Justice Md Shamsul Huda, Md Momtazuddin Ahmed, and Justice Marzi-ul Huq. [16] They had argued that the two judges were harmed by not having their appointment confirmed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. [16]

In August 2012, Huda upheld a High Court order that halted the Hallmark Group's plan to build an industrial park in Savar following a petition by Paribesh Bachao Andolan. [17]

Personal life

In January 2021, Huda filed a general diary with Shahbagh police station against his daughter Tuhin Sultana Topu after she appeared on a Facebook page called Mojar TV and claimed to be destitute. [18]

Related Research Articles

The 21 August 2004 Dhaka grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organised by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue on 21 August 2004. The attack left 24 dead and more than 500 injured. The attack was carried out at 5:22 pm after Sheikh Hasina, the leader of opposition had finished addressing a crowd of 20,000 people from the back of a truck. Hasina also sustained some injuries in the attack. The involvement of BNP-Jamaat led government is still debated.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Surendra Kumar Sinha</span> 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh

Surendra Kumar Sinha, commonly known as SK Sinha is a Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist who served as the 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He resigned from the position in November 2017 amid the 16th amendment verdict controversy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nazmul Huda</span> Bangladeshi politician (1949–2022)

Nazmul Huda was a Bangladeshi barrister and politician. He served as the minister of information (1991–1996) and the minister of communications (2001–2006) of the government of Bangladesh. He was a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-1 constituency. He was a member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party since its inception until 2012 when he left the party as its vice chairman.

S.M. Mozibur Rahman is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division. He was appointed in 2015.

Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman was a justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He resigned from the Supreme Court after being twice passed over from promotion.

A B M Altaf Hossain is a Bangladeshi senior lawyer and former judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Hossain is a former deputy attorney general of Bangladesh.

Md. Miftah Uddin Choudhury is a judge on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

A. K. M. Asaduzzaman is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Md. Rais Uddin is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Md. Emdadul Haque Azad is a retired judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Md. Rezaul Haque is a justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Shahed Nuruddin is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was the trial judge in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack case.

A. K. M. Zahirul Huq is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Md. Aminul Islam is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He is a former Deputy Attorney General of Bangladesh.

Abu Bakar Siddiquee is a retired justice of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Marzi-ul Huq was a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Sheikh Rezowan Ali is a retired justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Nazrul Islam Chowdhury is a retired Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Mir Hasmat Ali is a retired Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Khademul Islam Chowdhury is a retired Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was chairperson of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission.

References

  1. ↑ "SC upholds bail for Harun". The Daily Star. 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  2. ↑ "Qamrul for rehearing of appeal". The Daily Star. 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  3. ↑ "CJ, minister differ on use of ADR". The Daily Star. 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  4. 1 2 "Govt asked to restore 10 HC judges". The Daily Star. 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  5. ↑ "19 sitting judges oppose HC rule". The Daily Star. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  6. ↑ "HC asks govt to include 159 FP officers in cadre service". The Daily Star. 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  7. ↑ "HC scraps Shamim's jail sentence". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  8. ↑ "HC asks Mockbul to surrender in tribunal". The Daily Star. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  9. ↑ "Frigate case against Hasina quashed". The Daily Star. 2010-05-19. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  10. ↑ "Niko graft case against Hasina quashed". The Daily Star. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  11. ↑ "Bepza case against Hasina quashed". The Daily Star. 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  12. ↑ "Case against Sheikh Selim quashed". The Daily Star. 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  13. ↑ "Sheikh Helal, wife granted HC bail". The Daily Star. 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  14. ↑ "Law and Our Rights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  15. ↑ "Shah Alam appeals against conviction". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  16. 1 2 3 "SC gets 1st woman judge". The Daily Star. 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  17. ↑ "SC's no to Hallmark industrial park". The Daily Star. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  18. ↑ "Retired SC judge files GD against daughter". New Age. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.