S. M. Kuddus Zaman | |
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| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 22 February 1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 12, 1960 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
S. M. Kuddus Zaman is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Zaman was born on 12 August 1960 in Bhabanipur, Rajbari District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. [1] He graduated from Rajbari Government High School and Rajbari Government College in 1975 and 1978, respectively. [1] He completed his bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Dhaka in 1982 and 1983, respectively. [1]
Zaman joined the judicial branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service on 22 February 1984 as a munsif. [1] He was promoted to Senior Assistant Judge and Joint District Judge. [1]
From March to April 2006, Zaman visited the United States as part of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs to study the Plea bargain system. [1] He was promoted to District Judge on 9 October 2006. [1] He was the Registrar of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1] In January, he sent a letter to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police requesting extra security after bombs were recovered from premises of the Bangladesh Supreme Court and Chapainawabganj District court. [2] He was the director of the Judicial Strengthening Project sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme. [1]
Zaman was appointed the District Judge of Dhaka District on 5 February 2015. [1]
Zaman indicted Sohel Rana and 40 others in the collapse of Rana Plaza. [3] In November 2016, Zaman sentenced four police officers from the Government Railway Police Station to 10 years imprisonment for robbing a man near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. [4]
Zaman was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 31 May 2018. [1] In July, Zaman and Justice Obaidul Hassan rejected the bail application Mahabubul Haque Chisty, former audit chief of the Farmers Bank. [5]
In February 2019, Zaman and Justice Obaidul Hassan denied bail to Tufan Sarker, Sramik League convener of Bogura District, in a rape and torture case. [6] Zaman and Justice Obaidul Hassan fined Md Feroz Alam, a former Feni District Court Judge, for contempt of court for failure to provide protocol to High Court Justice Syed Amirul Islam. [7] In March, Zaman and Justice Mamnoon Rahman withdrew the bail to former Awami League leader Ruhul Amin for ordering a rape for withholding information in bail appeal. [8] Zaman and Justice Obaidul Hassan rejected the bail application of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in July. [9]
Zaman was appointed to the Search Committee, 2022 to recommend commissioners for the Bangladesh Election Commission. [10] In July, Zaman and Justice K. M. Zahid Sarwar Kazal granted bail to Mohammad Shahed, Chairman of Regent Hospital, in a loan default case from Farmers Bank. [11] Zaman and Justice Fahmida Quader granted bail to two former trustee board members of North South University, M. A. Kashem and Rehana Rahman, in a 3.04 billion BDT money laundering case in November. [12]
Zaman and Justice Fahmida Quader stayed a Digital Security Act case against singer Rita Dewan for "derogatory" comments about religion in January 2023. [13] Zaman and Justice Shahed Nuruddin denied bail to former Deputy Inspector General Md Mizanur Rahman. [14] [15]