Md. Nuruzzaman Explained

Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Profession:Judge

Md. Nuruzzaman is a justice in the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]

Early life

Md. Nuruzzaman was born on 1 July 1956.[2]

Career

Md. Nuruzzaman was in the Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971.

Md. Nuruzzaman started working as a lawyer on 4 September 1983.

In 1987, Md. Nuruzzaman became an advocate in the Bangladesh High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh.[3]

On 30 June 2009, Md. Nuruzzaman was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He became a full judge of the High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 6 June 2011.

On 17 September 2016, a bench led by Md. Nuruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed rejected a petition by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia challenging the proceedings of Barapukuria coal scam case.[4]

Md. Nuruzzaman was appointed to the Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission on 6 December 2017.[5]

On 9 October 2018, Md. Nuruzzaman was appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the chairperson of the enrollment committee of the Bangladesh Bar Council.[6] [7] In January 2019, he became the chamber judge of the Appellate Division several times.[8] On 19 December 2019, he was appointed the vacation judge by the chief justice.[9] He has been appointed as the Performing Chief Justice of Bangladesh several times.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Appellate Division gets 3 more judges. 2021-12-20. UNB. en.
  2. Web site: Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh. 2021-12-20. Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
  3. News: New faces of Appellate Division: Three judges sworn in. 2021-12-20. bdnews24.com.
  4. News: Khaleda to be tried for Barapukuria scam. 2021-12-20. Risingbd.com . en.
  5. News: 2017-12-06. Justice Nuruzzaman, Prof Rahamat made BJSC members. 2021-12-20. The Daily Star. en.
  6. Web site: Council. Bangladesh Bar. Committees of the Council – Bangladesh Bar Council. 2021-12-20. en-US.
  7. News: 2020-12-25. Bar Council cancels advocateship written test of 5 centres. 2021-12-20. The Daily Star. en.
  8. News: 2 Appellate Division benches formed. 2021-12-20. UNB. en.
  9. News: CJ appoints vacation judge. 2021-12-20. New Age . en.
  10. News: Justice Md Nuruzzaman to perform duties as chief justice till Oct 10 . The Daily Star . 25 September 2022.