Md. Ruhul Quddus (born 7 December 1962) is a Bangladeshi 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

Supreme Court of Bangladesh 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

Quddus was born on 7 December 1962.

Career

Quddus completed his B.A. LL.B. and M.S.S. at

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 ...

. He was elected the General Secretary of the Rajshahi University Central Students Union. 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 Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবির), is an Islamic student organization based in Bangladesh. It was established on 15 February 1996. The organisation is generally under ...

, the student wing of Islamist political party

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was ...

, at the university. Quddus started working as a lawyer on 19 April 1993 and became a member of the

Bangladesh Bar Council Bangladesh Bar Council is a statutory autonomous body in Bangladesh, established under the Legal Practitioners and the Bar Council Order. It is the licensing and regulatory body for lawyers in Bangladesh. The bar council can establish tribunals ...

. On 29 September 1996, he became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. On 15 January 2009, Quddus became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He served as an advisor to

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust The Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust () is one of the largest legal aid organization in Bangladesh. The trust provides legal aid, a mediation center, legal advocacy, and files public interest legislation. The organization's headquarter is ...

and

Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi is an autonomous organization, mainly responsible for holding two public examinations ( SSC & HSC). The Board started its operation in the year 1961. Background Board of Intermediate ...

. 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. In an unprecedented move, Chief Justice

Mohammad Fazlul Karim Mohammad Fazlul Karim (born 30 September 1943) is a Bangladeshi jurist who served as the 18th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. Early life Karim was born on 30th September 1943 in Chittagong, East Bengal, British India. Karim graduated from the Univ ...

declined to swear him in. Four months later, Quddus was dropped from the murder case. 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. Quddus was appointed Judge to the High Court Division in October 2012.

References

Living people 1962 births University of Rajshahi alumni 20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers Supreme Court of Bangladesh justices 21st-century Bangladeshi judges {{Bangladesh-bio-stub