Md. Ruhul Quddus

Justice Md. Ruhul Quddus (born 7 December 1962) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

The Honourable Justice

Md. Ruhul Quddus
মোঃ রুহুল কুদ্দুস
Justice of the High Court Division
Assumed office
5 November 2010
Personal details
Born (1962-12-07) 7 December 1962
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Rajshahi
ProfessionJudge

He completed his LL.B. and M.S.S. at University of Rajshahi.[1] 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, the student wing of Islamist political party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, at the university.[2]

In April 2010, the government sought to remove his name from among those accused in the murder case, and appointed him an Additional Judge to the High Court Division.[2] In an unprecedented move, Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim declined to swear him in.[3][4] Four months later, Quddus was dropped from the murder case.[2] 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.[5][6]

Quddus was appointed Judge to the High Court Division in October 2012.[1]

References
  1. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Supreme Court of Bangladesh. p. 47. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. "HC frees Ruhul Quddus of charges". The Daily Star. 24 August 2010.
  3. Sarkar, Ashutosh (19 April 2010). "Rare absence of SC judges marks oath". The Daily Star.
  4. Quadir, Fahimul. "Countries at the Crossroads 2011: Bangladesh". Freedom House.
  5. Sarkar, Ashutosh (5 November 2010). "Oath of 2 angers pro-BNP lawyers". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  6. Bari, M. Ehteshamul (2016). "Supersession of the Senior-Most Judges in Bangladesh in Appointing the Chief Justice and the Other Judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court: A Convenient Means to a Politicized Bench". San Diego International Law Journal. 18 (33): 47. SSRN 2920380.


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