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Md. Nuruzzaman

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Md. Nuruzzaman
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

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

Early life

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

Career

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Md. Nuruzzaman was in the Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971.[2]

Md. Nuruzzaman started working as a lawyer on 4 September 1983.[2]

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.[2] He became a full judge of the High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 6 June 2011.[2]

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.[2] 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]

References

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