S. M. Emdadul Hoque | |
|---|---|
 Emdadul in 2024 | |
| Justice of the Appellate Division, Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office 13 August 2024 | |
| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
S. M. Emdadul Hoque is a justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1]
Emdadul Hoque was born on 7 November 1963. [2] He completed his bachelor's degree and master's in law from the University of Rajshahi. [2]
Emdadul Hoque started working as a district court lawyer on 7 October 1990. [2]
On 26 November 1992,Emdadul Hoque became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [2]
Emdadul Hoque was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court on 23 August 2004. [2] He became a permanent judge on 23 August 2006. [2]
Emdadul Hoque along with 18 other judges opposed a High Court Division judgement that ordered the government to confirm the appointment of 10 judges denied by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government in July 2008. [3]
On 27 August 2009,Emdadul Hoque and Justice A. F. M. Abdur Rahman acquitted Member of Parliament Joynal Hazari on an arms case filed in 2001. [4]
In December 2010,Emdadul Hoque and Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam issued an order confirming that Gulshan Club would have to pay income tax to National Board of Revenue after the club filed a petition saying it did not need to file taxes as it was a non-profit organization. [5]
Emdadul Hoque and Justice S.M. Mozibur Rahman issued an order for the trial against seven Rapid Action Battalion officials to proceed in August 2016 for the Chittagong Shrine Robbery case. [6]
Emdadul Hoque and Justice Bhishmadev Chakraborty on 14 December 2020 quashed the convictions against all the convicts,five sentenced to death,of the 2002 Netrokona rape case. [7]