Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan (died January 2020) was a Justice on the

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Career

In November 2012, Bhuiyan acquitted former minister A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain and his wife, Zeenat Mosharraf, in a corruption case from on 1 January 1991 filed by the Bureau of Anti Corruption over his chairmanship of the

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. Bhuiyan distributed copies of the ''

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'' which described bloger Ahmed Rajib Haidar, murdered by Islamists on 15 February, as a

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among judges of the

on 17 February. He actions were criticised in parliament by legislators who called on the Minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs to initiate an investigation. President of Bangladesh

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ordered an investigation of improper conduct by a Supreme Judicial Council against Bhuiyan. Attorney General of Bangladesh

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, Supreme Court Bar Association, and Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee called for his removal. Lawyers aligned with the opposition

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and

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opposed the investigation. In August 2013, Bhuiyan was cleared by the Supreme Judicial Council headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain. The two other members of the Supreme Judicial Council were justices

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and

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. In September 2015, Bhuiyan acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician

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in an extortion case filed in 2007.

Personal life

Bhuiyan was married to Hasna Morshed.

Death

Bhuiyan died in January 2020.

References

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