Md. Abu Zafor Siddique
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Personal details
Born (1959-01-02) January 2, 1959
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

Md. Abu Zafor Siddique is a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.[1][2]

Early life

Siddique was born on 2 January 1959.[3] He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in law from the University of Rajshahi.[3]

Career

Siddique became a lawyer of the District Courts in 1985.[3]

In 1998, Siddique became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[3]

On 18 April 2010, Siddique was appointed a judge of the High Court Division.[3]

Siddique was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 15 April 2012.[3][4]

In November 2017, Siddique, Justice Md. Shawkat Hossain, and Justice Md. Nazrul Islam Talukder issued a verdict in the Bangladesh Rifles revolt case.[5][6] He observed in the verdict that the mutineers wanted to destabilize the country and government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[7]

Siddique in a hearing on 1 March 2018 declared the parliamentary membership of Nizam Hazari to be legal after a petition was filed challenging it based in Hazari's past conviction in an arms case.[8]

In March 2020, Siddique and Justice A. S. M. Abdul Mobin granted permanent bail to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed in Narail District after Khaleda Zia questioned the number of deaths in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 2015 at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh.[9] They revoked the bail later on the same day after the Government of Bangladesh objected.[10] The bail granted lasted for two hours.[11]

In June 2021, Siddique and Justice K. M. Hafizul Alam, ordered the arrest of four, including two lawyers, for forging a bail order of the High Court Division.[12] He elevated to the Appellate Division from High Court on December, 2022 by superseding many of his colleagues.[13]

Personal life

Siddique's son, Md Jumman Siddiqui, failed Bangladesh Bar Council examinations multiple times but yet had his name in a gazette listing the lawyers allowed to practice in the supreme court.[14] Justices Tariq ul Hakim and Md Iqbal Kabir of the supreme court issued an order to halt the notice and asked why his name was listed in the gazette.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Anisul for following ideals of Abdul Baset Majumder | News". BSS. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  2. ↑ Report, Star Digital (2021-05-22). "Chief justice forms 9 more HC benches for virtually disposing of 'very urgent cases'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  4. ↑ Staff Correspondent (2012-04-12). "Appointment of 15 judges regularised". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  5. ↑ sun, daily. "BDR mutiny a plot to destroy skilled force: HC | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  6. ↑ "BDR carnage: HC verdict on death reference today". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  7. ↑ Sarkar, Ashutosh; Habib, Wasim Bin (2017-11-27). "HC Judge's Observation on BDR Mutiny: Plot to destabilise country, govt". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  8. ↑ "Nizam Hazari's MP status legal". সমকাল. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  9. ↑ "Khaleda Zia secures permanent bail from HC in defamation case". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  10. ↑ "Now, HC revokes Khaleda's bail order". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  11. ↑ Staff Correspondent (2020-03-13). "Permanent bail lasts 2 hours". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  12. ↑ "Fake bail order rampant". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  13. ↑ "3 HC judges elevated to AD superseding many colleagues | New Age". www.newagebd.net. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  14. 1 2 "Gazette including HC judge's son in SC Bar stayed | banglatribune.com". Bangla Tribune. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
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