Khandaker Diliruzzaman

Khandaker Diliruzzaman is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Khandaker Diliruzzaman
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Personal details
Born (1973-03-23) March 23, 1973 (age 51)
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

Early life edit

Diliruzzaman was born on 23 March 1973.[1] He has a bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Rajshahi.[1]

Career edit

Diliruzzaman became an advocate of the District Courts on 12 December 1999.[1] He became a lawyer of the High Court Division on 9 February 2001.[1]

Diliruzzaman was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 31 March 2018.[1] On 4 September, Diliruzzaman and Justice Md Ruhul Quddus deferred the bail hearing of photographer Shahidul Alam in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006.[2] Both the judges later expressed "embarrassment" at hearing the case and sent it to the chief justice to forward the case to another bench.[3] This surprised the lawyers of Shahidul Alam, Shahdeen Malik and Sara Hossain, since the proceeding had started.[3]

In October 2019, Diliruzzaman and Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury asked the government not to harass Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.[4]

On 30 May 2020, Diliruzzaman was made a permanent Judge of the High Court Division by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.[5]

On 29 April 2021, Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman refused to hear an anticipatory bail petition of Sayem Sobhan Anvir, managing director of Bashundhara Group.[6] In August, Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Diliruzzaman issued a sua sponte contempt ruling against SM Tanvir Arafat, Superintendent of Kushtia District police, for misbehaving with a judicial magistrate during election duty.[7][8] On 14 December 2021, Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Diliruzzaman removed copyright protection for images of Bangladesh Liberation war and President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[9] Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Diliruzzaman issued an order asking Zahangir Alam, Mayor of Gazipur, why contempt of court proceedings should not begin against him for not obeying a 2018 court order that asked him not to disturb the property of the petitioner, Ashraf Uddin Ahmed.[10] Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Diliruzzaman issued an order asking Rangpur Metropolitan Police to explain the custodial death of man in November 2021.[11]

Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Diliruzzaman issued a ruling on 7 February 2022 that stayed a lower court verdict cancelling the candidacy of Zayed Khan in the election for Bangladesh Film Artistes' Association.[12] In November 2022, Diliruzzaman and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty upheld the death penalty of three in the "sensational" Himadri Majumder Himu murder case from 2012.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  2. ^ "HC defers Shahidul Alam's bail hearing". The Daily Star. 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  3. ^ a b "Shahidul's Bail Hearing: HC bench feels 'embarrassed'". The Daily Star. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  4. ^ Staff Correspondent (2019-10-29). "HC asks govt not to harass Prof Yunus". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
  5. ^ "18 HC judges sworn in". The Daily Star. 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
  6. ^ Report, Star Digital (2021-04-29). "Death of College Girl: Bashundhara MD fails to secure anticipatory bail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  7. ^ Report, Star Digital (2021-08-25). "Misconduct with magistrate: High Court warns former Kushtia SP". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  8. ^ Staff Correspondent (2021-01-21). "Misbehaviour with Magistrate: Kushtia SP tarnished image of judiciary". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  9. ^ Report, Star Digital (2021-12-14). "Individuals can't own historical images, photos of Bangabandhu, Liberation War: HC". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  10. ^ Report, Star Digital (2021-11-24). "Gazipur Mayor Zahangir Alam faces contempt of court". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  11. ^ Report, Star Digital (2021-11-03). "'Custodial death' in Rangpur: HC seeks police probe report". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  12. ^ "HC stays decision of cancelling Zayed's candidature". Risingbd. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  13. ^ "HC upholds death of 3 in Himu murder case | News". BSS. Retrieved 2023-07-28.