[2] Zahirul Hoque was appointed an Additional Judge of the High Court Division on 18 April 2010 by President M Zillur Rahman.
[3] In August, Hoque and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain granted bail to ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon, former state minister, in an extortion case.
[2] In August 2015, Zahirul Hoque and Justice Mirza Hussain Haider stopped the move to transfer a domestic violence case against an army officer to military court.
[6] 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.
[9] 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.