Md. Abu Zafor Siddique | |
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| Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 2, 1959 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Profession | Judge |
Md. Abu Zafor Siddique is a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.[1][2]
Siddique was born on 2 January 1959.[3] He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in law from the University of Rajshahi.[3]
Siddique became a lawyer of the District Courts in 1985.[3]
In 1998, Siddique became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.[3]
On 18 April 2010, Siddique was appointed a judge of the High Court Division.[3]
Siddique was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 15 April 2012.[3][4]
In November 2017, Siddique, Justice Md. Shawkat Hossain, and Justice Md. Nazrul Islam Talukder issued a verdict in the Bangladesh Rifles revolt case.[5][6] He observed in the verdict that the mutineers wanted to destabilize the country and government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[7]
Siddique in a hearing on 1 March 2018 declared the parliamentary membership of Nizam Hazari to be legal after a petition was filed challenging it based in Hazari's past conviction in an arms case.[8]
In March 2020, Siddique and Justice A. S. M. Abdul Mobin granted permanent bail to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed in Narail District after Khaleda Zia questioned the number of deaths in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 2015 at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh.[9] They revoked the bail later on the same day after the Government of Bangladesh objected.[10] The bail granted lasted for two hours.[11]
In June 2021, Siddique and Justice K. M. Hafizul Alam, ordered the arrest of four, including two lawyers, for forging a bail order of the High Court Division.[12] He elevated to the Appellate Division from High Court on December, 2022 by superseding many of his colleagues.[13]
Siddique's son, Md Jumman Siddiqui, failed Bangladesh Bar Council examinations multiple times but yet had his name in a gazette listing the lawyers allowed to practice in the supreme court.[14] Justices Tariq ul Hakim and Md Iqbal Kabir of the supreme court issued an order to halt the notice and asked why his name was listed in the gazette.[14]