Khandaker Diliruzzaman is a Justice of the

High Court Division The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, হাইকোর্ট ডিভিশন) popularly known as the 'High Court' is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Appellate D ...

of the

Bangladesh Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সুপ্রীম কোর্ট) is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, and was created by Part VI C ...

Early life

Diliruzzaman was born on 23 March 1973. He has a bachelor's and master's in law from the

University of Rajshahi The University of Rajshahi, also known as Rajshahi University or RU ( bn, রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), is a Public university, public Mixed-sex education, co-educational research university in Bangladesh si ...

Career

Diliruzzaman became an advocate of the District Courts on 12 December 1999. He became a lawyer of the High Court Division on 9 February 2001. Diliruzzaman was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 31 March 2018. On 4 September, Diliruzzaman and Justice Md Ruhul Quddus deferred the bail hearing of photographer

Shahidul Alam Shahidul Alam (born 1955) is a Bangladeshi photojournalist, teacher and social activist. He has been a photographer for more than forty years and "his photographs have been published in almost every major western media outlet". Alam founded the ...

in a case filed under the

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. Both the judges later expressed "embarrassment" at hearing the case and sent it to the chief justice to forward the case to another bench. This surprised the lawyers of Shahidul Alam,

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and

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, since the proceeding had started. In October 2019, Diliruzzaman and Justice

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asked the government not to harass

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winner

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. On 30 May 2020, Diliruzzaman was made a permanent Judge of the High Court Division by President

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. On 29 April 2021, Justice

Mamnoon Rahman Mamnoon Rahman (born 9 December 1965) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was appointed in 2004. Early life and education Rahman was born on 9 December 1965. He obtained his bachelors and master ...

and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman refused to hear an anticipatory bail petition of Sayem Sobhan Anvir, managing director of Bashundhara Group. In August, Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Diliruzzaman issued a

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contempt ruling against SM Tanvir Arafat, Superintendent of Kushtia District police, for misbehaving with a judicial magistrate during election duty. On 14 December 2021, Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Diliruzzaman removed copyright protection for images of

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and President

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. Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Diliruzzaman issued an order asking Zahangir Alam, Mayor of

Gazipur Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a city in central Bangladesh. It is located in the Gazipur District. It is a major industrial city north of Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh. Its other name is Joydebpur. Demogra ...

, 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. Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Diliruzzaman issued an order asking

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to explain the custodial death of man in November 2021. Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Diliruzzaman issued a ruling on 7 February 2022 that stayed a lower court verdict cancelling the candidacy of

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in the election for Bangladesh Film Artistes' Association. In November 2022, Diliruzzaman and Justice

Bhishmadev Chakrabortty Bhishmadev Chakrabortty (born 2 June 1967) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was appointed in 2015. Early life Chakrabortty completed his bachelors and masters in law from the University of ...

upheld the death penalty of three in the "''sensational''" Himadri Majumder Himu murder case from 2012.

References

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