Shahed Nuruddin 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

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. He was the trial judge in the

2004 Dhaka grenade attack The 2004 Dhaka grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organised by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue on 21 August 2004. The attack left 24 dead and more than 500 injured. The attack was carried out at 5:22 pm after Sheikh Has ...

case.

Early life

Nuruddin on 1 February 1960. He did his bachelor of Law and Master of Laws from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

Career

Nuruddin joined the judicial branch of the

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on 20 April 1983 as a Munsif. On 27 February 2000, Nuruddin was promoted to District and Sessions Judge. On 10 October 2018, Nuruddin, as Judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1, issued the

case. The case had accused 49 persons in total. It ruled the grenade attack "was a well-orchestrated plan, executed through abuse of state power". Nuruddin said, "The specialised deadly Arges grenades that are used in wars were blasted at the Awami League's central office on 23 Bangabandhu Avenue in broad daylight with the help of the then state machinery". On charges of killing through common intention, planning and criminal conspiracy, 38 persons were found guilty. 19 of them were sentenced to death, including former Minister of Home Affairs

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, Member of Parliament

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, General

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, and General

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. The verdict also sentenced 19 to life imprisonment including

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, son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and acting chairperson of the

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, former secretary to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia,

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, and member of parliament, Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad. Nuruddin was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 21 October 2019. In December 2020, Nuruddin and Justice

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ordered the government to protect monuments of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In June 2022, Nuruddin and Justice

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suspended a verdict of the Nilphamari District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal that acquitted a member of

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after the 15 year old victim made a surprise appearance before the bench without lawyers and sought justice from the bench. Nuruddin and Justice Jahangir Hossain granted permanent bail to former Prime Minister

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in a 2014 case on hurting religious sentiments and 2017 case for making derogatory comments on former President

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. On 3 October 2022, Nuruddin and Justice

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granted bail to a leader of

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unit of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal in a defamation case for making derogatory comments about Prime Minister

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. In May 2023, Nuruddin and Justice S. M. Kuddus Zaman denied bail to former Deputy Inspector General of Bangladesh Police, Md Mizanur Rahman, in a corruption case.

References

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