A. K. M. Zahirul Huq

Huq was born on 15 February 1971.[1] He did his undergraduate and graduate degree in law from the University of Dhaka.[1]

Huq became a lawyer of the District Courts on 10 October 1995 and the High Court Division on 10 July 1999.[1]

Huq became a lawyer of the Appellate Division on 29 March 2018.[1] He was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 21 October 2019.[1] In November 2019, Huq and Justice Obaidul Hassan upheld a lower court verdict ordering the seizure of Hong Kong bank accounts of M Morshed Khan, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and his son.[2] Khan was represented by Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and Ajmalul Hossain.[2]

In January 2020, Huq and Justice Obaidul Hassan granted bail to Matiur Rahman, editor of Prothom Alo, in a case filed over the death of a Dhaka Residential Model College student who died of accidental electrocution at a program of the newspaper.[3] The bench also ordered the government to not harass Matiur Rahman.[4] Huq and Justice Obaidul Hassan granted bail to former Awami League member of parliament, AKMA Awal, and his wife in a corruption case.[5] In February 2020, Huq and Justice Obaidul Hassan stopped the corruption case against Abdul Latif Siddique, former Minister of Textiles and Jute, in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.[6] In September, Huq and Justice Obaidul Hassan ordered Aslamul Huq, member of parliament, to stop the construction of his Arisha Economic Zone over allegations that it was encroaching on Turag River.[7] In December 2020, Huq and Justice Md Moinul Islam Chowdhury passed a verdict in favor of the Anti-Corruption Commission investigating Deputy Attorney General Jannatul Ferdousi Rupa on corruption allegations.[8]

In November 2021, Huq and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder denied bail to actor and producer Nazrul Islam Raz on 180 million BDT money laundering case.[9]

In January 2022, Huq and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder granted bail to the owner of Lakehead Grammar School, Md Khaled Hassan Matin, on allegations of laundering 33 million BDT.[10] Huq and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder granted bail to Tufan Sarkar, leader of Bangladesh Sramik League, in a 3.3 million BDT money laundering case case.[11]

In July 2023, Huq and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain asked lawyers not to refer to them as lords but instead use sir or your honor.[12]