A. K. M. Zahirul Hoque
Bangladeshi Judge
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A. K. M. Zahirul Hoque (born 31 January 1959) is a justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He has been barred from his role following allegations of irregularities.[1]
A. K. M. Zahirul Hoque | |
|---|---|
| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 7 October 1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1959 |
| Profession | Judge |
Early life
Career
Zahirul Hoque started his legal practice on 7 October 1984 in District Courts.[2]
On 11 July 1990, Zahirul Hoque became a lawyer of the High Court Division and the Bangladesh Supreme Court on 27 December 2002.[2]
Zahirul Hoque was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 18 April 2010 by President M Zillur Rahman.[2][3] The swearing in ceremony of Zahirul Hoque and 14 other judges was not attended by judges of the Appellate Division in an unprecedented incident.[4] He had previously served as the Additional Attorney General of Bangladesh.[3] In August, Hoque and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain granted bail to ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon, former state minister, in an extortion case.[5]
Zahirul Hoque was made a permanent judge on 15 April 2012.[2]
In August 2015, Zahirul Hoque and Justice Mirza Hussain Haider stopped the move to transfer a domestic violence case against an army officer to military court.[6] They also sought an explanation on why Major General Mijanur Rahman Khan letter to Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Tangail requesting the transfer should not be declared illegal.[6]
In May 2017, Zahirul Hoque and Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury asked the Officer-in-Charge of Ashulia station of Bangladesh Police to explain why he had handcuffed a student who was receiving treatment at Enam Medical Hospital after falling sick at a protest of students of Jahangirnagar University.[7]
Zahirul Hoque and Justice Obaidul Hassan rejected the bail petition of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[8]
In 2019, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, after consulting with President Abdul Hamid, suspended Zahirul Hoque, Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury, and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Haque of the High Court Division.[9] Zahirul Hoque and Chowdhury were suspended for issuing an illegal order to a lower court to give a verdict in favor of MR Trading Company.[10][11]