A. K. M. Zahirul Hoque

A. K. M. Zahirul Hoque (born 31 January 1959) is a justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He has been barred from his role following allegations of irregularities.

Early life Zahirul Hoque was born on 31 January 1959. He has a bachelors of science and another bachelors in law. The swearing in ceremony of Zahirul Hoque and 14 other judges was not attended by judges of the Appellate Division in an unprecedented incident. He had previously served as the Additional Attorney General of Bangladesh.

Zahirul Hoque was made a permanent judge on 15 April 2012. They also sought an explanation on why Major General Mijanur Rahman Khan letter to Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Tangail requesting the transfer should not be declared illegal.

Zahirul Hoque and Justice Obaidul Hassan rejected the bail petition of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

In 2019, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, after consulting with President Abdul Hamid, suspended Zahirul Hoque, Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury, and Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Haque of the High Court Division. Zahirul Hoque and Chowdhury were suspended for issuing an illegal order to a lower court to give a verdict in favor of MR Trading Company.