Abu Zafor Siddique is a retired judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of

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Early life

Siddique was born on 2 January 1959. He completed his bachelor's degree and master's in law from the

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Career

Siddique became a lawyer of the District Courts in 1985. In 1998, Siddique became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. On 18 April 2010, Siddique was appointed a judge of the High Court Division. Siddique was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 15 April 2012. In November 2017, Siddique, Justice Md. Shawkat Hossain, and Justice Md. Nazrul Islam Talukder issued a verdict in the

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case. He observed in the verdict that the mutineers wanted to destabilize the country and government of Prime Minister

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. Siddique in a hearing on 1 March 2018 declared the parliamentary membership of

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to be legal after a petition was filed challenging it based in Hazari's past conviction in an arms case. In March 2020, Siddique and Justice A. S. M. Abdul Mobin granted permanent bail to former prime minister

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in a defamation case filed in Narail District after Khaleda Zia questioned the number of deaths in the

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in 2015 at the

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. They revoked the bail later on the same day after the government of Bangladesh objected. The bail granted lasted for two hours. 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. He elevated to the Appellate Division from High Court in December 2022 by superseding many of his colleagues. He compelled to resigned in the face of student protests on 10 August 2024.

Personal life

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. Justices

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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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siddique, Md. Abu Zafor Living people 1959 births University of Rajshahi alumni 20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers Supreme Court of Bangladesh justices 21st-century Bangladeshi lawyers People from Kushtia District