Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan (died January 2020) was a justice on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1]
In November 2012, Bhuiyan acquitted former minister A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain and his wife, Zeenat Mosharraf, in a corruption case from on 1 January 1991 filed by the Bureau of Anti Corruption over his chairmanship of the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation. [2]
Bhuiyan distributed copies of the Daily Inqilab which described blogger Ahmed Rajib Haidar, murdered by Islamists on 15 February, as a murtad among judges of the High Court Division on 17 February. [3] [4] He actions were criticised in parliament by legislators who called on the minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs to initiate an investigation. [5] President of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman ordered an investigation of improper conduct by a Supreme Judicial Council against Bhuiyan. [3] [6] Attorney General of Bangladesh Mahbubey Alam, Supreme Court Bar Association, and Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee called for his removal. [7] [8] Lawyers aligned with the opposition Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Nationalist Party opposed the investigation. [9] In August 2013, Bhuiyan was cleared by the Supreme Judicial Council headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain. [3] The two other members of the Supreme Judicial Council were justices Md. Abdul Wahhab Miah and Surendra Kumar Sinha. [3]
In September 2015, Bhuiyan acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Nazmul Huda in an extortion case filed in 2007. [10]
Bhuiyan was married to Hasna Morshed. [11]
Bhuiyan died in January 2020. [12]