Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan
{{Short description|Bangladeshi judge (died 2020)}}
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Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan (died January 2020) was a justice on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.{{Cite news |date=21 May 2018 |title=HC verdict on public holiday! |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/hc-verdict-public-holiday-1579293 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Career
In November 2012, Bhuiyan acquitted former minister A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain and his wife, Zeenat Mosharraf, in a corruption case from on 1 January 1991 filed by the Bureau of Anti Corruption over his chairmanship of the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation.{{Cite news |date=15 November 2012 |title=Mosharraf acquitted of graft charges |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-257543 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Bhuiyan distributed copies of the Daily Inqilab which described bloger Ahmed Rajib Haidar, murdered by Islamists on 15 February, as a murtad among judges of the High Court Division on 17 February.{{Cite news |last=Sarkar |first=Ashutosh |date=5 August 2013 |title=Justice Mizanur cleared |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/justice-mizanur-cleared |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=31 December 2015 |title=First secularist murder verdict |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/12/31/first-secularist-murder-verdict |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=Dhaka Tribune}} He actions were criticised in parliament by legislators who called on the minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs to initiate an investigation.{{Cite news |date=20 February 2013 |title=Justice faces JS music |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-269768 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} President of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman ordered an investigation of improper conduct by a Supreme Judicial Council against Bhuiyan.{{Cite news |date=16 March 2013 |title=Justice Mizanur replies to judicial council |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/justice-mizanur-replies-to-judicial-council-2 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} Attorney General of Bangladesh Mahbubey Alam, Supreme Court Bar Association, and Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee called for his removal.{{Cite news |date=20 February 2013 |title=Justice Mizanur's removal sought |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-269789 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Remove controversial HC judge: SCBA |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/remove-controversial-hc-judge-scba |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}} Lawyers aligned with the opposition Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Nationalist Party opposed the investigation.{{Cite news |date=27 February 2013 |title=Pro-BNP, Jamaat lawyers oppose president's move |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-270667 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} In August 2013, Bhuiyan was cleared by the Supreme Judicial Council headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain. The two other members of the Supreme Judicial Council were justices Md. Abdul Wahhab Miah and Surendra Kumar Sinha.
In September 2015, Bhuiyan acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Nazmul Huda in an extortion case filed in 2007.{{Cite news |title=HC acquits Nazmul Huda |url=https://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/15341/2015-09-11 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509080648/https://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/15341/2015-09-11 |archive-date=2023-05-09}}
Personal life
Bhuiyan was married to Hasna Morshed.{{Cite web |title=Government Order |url=https://mofa.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/mofa.portal.gov.bd/page/5f146b6e_5598_466b_b85c_c2cfaa7fafa7/GO%20for%20Cancellation%20of%20Diplomatic%20PP8.10.20.pdf |access-date=9 May 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}
Death
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