S M Masud Hossain Dolon

Dolon was born on 1 January 1973.[2] He did his Bachelor of Law from the University of Wolverhampton.[2] He did a Bar Vocational Course from Northumbria University and joined Lincoln's Inn.[2]

Dolon became a lawyer of the District Courts on 5 August 2003 and the High Court Division on 17 April 2004.[2]

In February 2011, Dolon was elected assistant secretary of Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association.[3]

Dolon became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on 21 December 2015.[2] In 2017, he filed the S. M. Masud Hossain Dolon and others Vs. Government of Bangladesh and others case which resulted in a verdict limited the weight of schoolbags, children took to school, in Bangladesh.[4]

Dolon was appointed an additional Judge of the High Court Division on 31 July 2022 by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.[2][5] In September, Dolon and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman confirmed the death penalty of four Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh members for killing Kunio Hoshi, a Japanese man, in 2015.[6][7] In November, Dolon and Justice ASM Abdul Mobin stayed a defamation case against Mohammad Jahangir Alam, former Mayor of Gazipur, in a case filed for allegedly making defamatory comments about founding President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[8]

Dolon and Justice Md. Badruzzaman wanted to know about steps taken to make handwritten autopsy reports readable at a bail hearing in January 2023.[9] Dolon and Justice Md. Badruzzaman expressed concern over receiving a call from Dhaka District police superintendent of the Police Bureau of Investigation to the deputy attorney general Sujit Kumar Chattarjee.[10] The police officer called requesting an extension of a court deadline for sub-inspector Mizanur Rahman Sojib, the investigation officer of the Rubel murder case.[10] The bench also ordered the suspension of the investigation officer of the case in Manikganj Sub-Inspector Masud Rana.[11] The court was also critical of investigator sub inspector Masudur Rahman describing his investigation as "cinematic".[12] Dolon and Justice Md Badruzzaman stopped the Digital Security Act case against Didarul Islam Bhuiyan of Rastrachinta.[13][14]