S. M. Maniruzzaman
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Assumed office
13 April 1996
Personal details
Born (1972-02-01) February 1, 1972
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

S. M. Maniruzzaman is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1][2]

Early life

Maniruzzaman was born on 1 February 1972.[3] He has a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws.[3]

Career

Maniruzzaman joined the district court on 13 April 1996 and the High Court Division on 30 October 1997.[3]

On 24 April 2009, Maniruzzaman was appointed the Assistant Attorney General.[3] He was promoted to Deputy Attorney General on 10 April 2011.[3]

Maniruzzaman became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on 1 March 2018.[3] He was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 31 May 2018.[3]

On 30 May 2020, Maniruzzaman was made a permanent Judge of the High Court Division.[4]

In June 2021, Maniruzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub felt embarrassed and refused to hear a petition challenging the government's appointment of 70 deputy attorneys general and 105 assistant attorneys general in July 2019.[5] They instead referred the petition to Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain.[5] Maniruzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub ordered the government to not identify rape victims.[6]

In April 2022, Maniruzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub handed over the custody of a 19 year old Canadian woman, who had been confined in Bangladesh by her parents, to the Canadian High Commission in Bangladesh.[7][8] Maniruzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub ordered the government to allow Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal to travel abroad for medical treatment in a June verdict.[9] Maniruzzaman and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty ordered an investigation into the assault on the principal of Mirzapur United Degree College, Swapan Kumar Biswas.[10]

In June 2023, Maniruzzaman and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir Lytton felt embarrassed and refused to hear 13 petitions by Grameen Kalyan and Grameen Telecom Trust challenging the government's decision to impose income tax on the two non-profits founded by Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "CJ forbids HC from hearing anticipatory bail prayers". New Age. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ↑ "HC orders ban on publishing photos, identities of rape victims". RTV Online. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  4. ↑ "Eighteen High Court judges sworn in via videoconference | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  5. 1 2 "HC judge 'embarrassed' to hear writ challenging appointments of DAGs, AAGs". The Daily Star. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  6. ↑ "HC orders government to stop media from disclosing identities of rape victims". The Daily Star. 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  7. ↑ "HC hands over Canadian girl under care of High Commission". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  8. ↑ "'Confined' by parents in Dhaka: Girl now under the care of Canadian embassy". The Daily Star. 2022-04-17. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  9. ↑ "Allow Alal to leave country for treatment". The Daily Star. 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  10. ↑ "Teacher's assault: HC orders judicial probe". The Daily Star. 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  11. ↑ "13 Grameen petitions: HC bench sends those to CJ". The Daily Star. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
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