Md. Khasruzzaman
{{Short description|Bangladeshi judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Md. Khasruzzaman
| native_name = মো. খসরুজ্জামান
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = Supreme Court of Bangladesh
| term_start =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|28|df=y}}
| nationality = Bangladeshi 28 October 1968
| profession = Judge
}}
Md. Khasruzzaman is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.{{Cite news |date=2021-09-21|title=High Court issue rule on flashy and untrue advertisements|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/court/hc-issues-rule-stop-lucrative-advertisement-305605|access-date=2022-02-15|work=The Business Standard|language=en}}
Early life
Khasruzzaman was born on 28 October 1968.{{Cite web|title=Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh|url=http://www.supremecourt.gov.bd/web/?page=judges.php&menu=11&div_id=2|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.supremecourt.gov.bd}} He has a bachelor's and master's degree in law.
Career
Khasruzzaman became a lawyer of the District Courts on 16 August 1994.
On 29 September 1996, Khasruzzaman a lawyer on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Md Fazlul Karim refused to administer the oath to Khasruzzaman and Md. Ruhul Quddus in April 2010.{{Cite news |title=15 new High Court judges take oath|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2010/04/18/15-new-high-court-judges-take-oath|access-date=2022-02-15|work=bdnews24.com}} Khasruzzaman was facing allegations of vandalizing the Supreme Court and kicking the door of the chief justice J. R. Mudassir Husain on 30 November 2006.{{Cite web|last=Islam|first=Syful|title=Bangladesh, Where the Judiciary Can Be an Obstacle to Justice|url=https://www.globalintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GIRNotebook2010_Bangladesh.pdf|access-date=15 February 2022|website=globalintegrity.org}}{{Cite news |date=2010-04-18|title=Controversial 2 left out of oath|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-134740|access-date=2022-02-15|work=The Daily Star|language=en}} His appointed was opposed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party dominated Supreme Court Bar Association led by Khandaker Mahbub Hossain. Khasruzzaman was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court 4 November 2010.
On 14 October 2012, Khasruzzaman was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.{{Cite news |date=2012-10-14|title=Four addl HC judges' appointment confirmed|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-253723|access-date=2022-02-15|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}
On 26 May 2015, Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Rezaul Haque granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Rafiqul Islam Miah in seven separate criminal cases.{{Cite news |date=2015-05-26|title=HC bail for BNP’s Rafiqul in 7 cases|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/hc-bail-bnp%E2%80%99s-rafiqul-7-cases-87691|access-date=2022-02-15|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}
On 18 January 2017, Khasruzzaman and Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal issued bail to Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, Member of Parliament for Tangail-3, who was charged in the murder of Faruk Ahammed.{{Cite news |title=HC issues rule on bail for Rana|url=https://www.jagonews24.com/en/national/news/16342|access-date=2022-02-15|work=jagonews24.com|language=en-US}}
On 8 December 2020, Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Mahmud Hassan Talukder ordered the government to block all online portals owned by Kanak Sarwar for anti-state propaganda.{{Cite news |date=2020-12-08|title=‘Anti-state content’: HC asks to block online portals of journalist Kanak Sarwar|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/anti-state-content-hc-asks-block-online-portals-journalist-kanak-sarwar-2007969|access-date=2022-02-15|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}
Khasruzzaman and Justice Md. Mahmud Hassan ordered the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to submit a probe report on the death of 11 zebras and one lion and tiger at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park on 15 February 2022.{{Cite news |title=HC wants safari park probe report|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/162658|access-date=2022-02-15|work=New Age |language=en}}
On April 1, 2024, the vacation bench of the High Court, comprising Justices Md Khasruzzaman and KM Zahid Sarwar, suspended the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology’s (BUET) ban on student politics. This decision, influenced by a writ petition from Awami League-backed student organization Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Imtiaz Hosain Rabbi, effectively lifts the previous restrictions on political activities at the university. These restrictions were originally imposed after a group of Bangladesh Chhatra League men murdered a second-year student named Abrar Fahad at the university’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall on October 7, 2019.{{Cite news |title=HC allows politics at BUET |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/229280/hc-allows-politics-at-buet |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=New Age |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=No bar on student politics in BUET: HC |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=467008 |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Daily Observer}}
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