Salma Masud Chowdhury

Salma Masud Chowdhury (born 13 December 1957) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division.

Early life and education She was born on 13 December 1957. Her mother is Aminun Nesa Khatun. Chowdhury and Justices Hamidul Haq declared the detention of Shahriar Kabir illegal. She was appointed permanent judge on 29 July 2004. The 10 judges secured a High Court verdict in their favor ordering the government to reinstate them with seniority. On 1 November 2012, Chowdhury and Justice Ashish Ranjan Das summoned the officer in charge of Kachua Police Station, Md Monjur, for failing to prevent the extrajudicial punishment, canning of a woman under sharia law, in his area by a village arbitration committee. Chowdhury and Justice Ashish Ranjan Das also summoned the officer in charge of Ujirpur Police Station, Liton Pandey, for failure to prevent an attack on a school headmaster.

Chowdhury and Justice Mohammad Jahangir Hossain granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in a vandalism case. On 2 May 2013, Chowdhury and Justice Mohammad Jahangir Hossain granted bail to six politicians of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party: Abdullah Al Noman, Amanullah Aman, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Mirza Abbas, Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. In September 2013, Chowdhury and Justice Zafar Ahmed asked the government to explain why it should not be directed to create a Formalin Control Act following a petition by advocate Eunus Ali Akond.

In May 2017, Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque asked the officer-in-charge of Ashulia police station to explain why he had handcuffed a student who was receiving treatment at Enam Medical Hospital after falling sick at a protest of students of Jahangirnagar University. In July 2017, Chowdhury and Justice AKM Zahirul Hoque summoned the in a suo moto verdict summoned the civil surgeon of Patuakhali District and two doctors from Barisal Medical College Hospital and Niramoy Clinic after surgical gauge was recovered from the abdomen of a patient.

Chowdhury is a member of the executive council of the National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Supreme Court asked the three to not perform judicial activities. Since then her judicial activities remained suspended until her mandatory retirement.

She retired on 12 December 2024 at mandatory retirement age of 67 year.

Personal life Chowdhury is married to Selim Ahmed, a businessperson. They have a son, Shafayat Ahmed.