Md. Ruhul Quddus | |
|---|---|
মোঃ রুহুল কুদ্দুস | |
| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1962 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | University of Rajshahi |
| Profession | Judge |
Md. Ruhul Quddus (born 7 December 1962) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
Early life
Quddus was born on 7 December 1962.[1]
Career
Quddus completed his B.A. LL.B. and M.S.S. at University of Rajshahi.[2][1] He was elected the General Secretary of the Rajshahi University Central Students Union.[1] A case of murder was filed against him and others in November 1988 on the charge of killing a leader of the Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Islamist political party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, at the university.[3]
Quddus started working as a lawyer on 19 April 1993 and became a member of the Bangladesh Bar Council.[1] On 29 September 1996, he became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]
On 15 January 2009, Quddus became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1] He served as an advisor to Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust and Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi.[1]
In April 2010, the government sought to remove Quddus from among those accused in the murder case, and appointed him an Additional Judge to the High Court Division.[3] In an unprecedented move, Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim declined to swear him in.[4][5] Four months later, Quddus was dropped from the murder case.[3] Despite protests along party lines against Quddus' appointment, citing his "controversial past", the next Chief Justice, A.B.M. Khairul Haque, administered the oath of office to him in November.[6][7]
Quddus was appointed Judge to the High Court Division in October 2012.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- 1 2 "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Supreme Court of Bangladesh. p. 47. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- 1 2 3 "HC frees Ruhul Quddus of charges". The Daily Star. 24 August 2010.
- ↑ Sarkar, Ashutosh (19 April 2010). "Rare absence of SC judges marks oath". The Daily Star.
- ↑ Quadir, Fahimul. "Countries at the Crossroads 2011: Bangladesh". Freedom House.
- ↑ Sarkar, Ashutosh (5 November 2010). "Oath of 2 angers pro-BNP lawyers". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ↑ Bari, M. Ehteshamul (2016). "Supersession of the Senior-Most Judges in Bangladesh in Appointing the Chief Justice and the Other Judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court: A Convenient Means to a Politicized Bench". San Diego International Law Journal. 18 (33): 47. SSRN 2920380.