[1] Hasan holds a BA, MA, and LLB from Dhaka, an LLM from London, and is a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn.
[1] He refused to hear the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman case as one of the accused was his relative creating a potential conflict of interest.
[4] President Rokanuddin Mahmud of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association said it was the standard practice to appoint the senior most judge on the Appellate Division chief justice, he also said "Even the autocratic regime did not go beyond the tradition.
[9] The land and building was allocated to Sheikh Rehana on 21 July 2001 but was turned into a police station in 2005 after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power.
[12] Sheikh Hasina, chairperson of Awami League, opposed his appointment and said, "Justice KM Hasan is not a neutral person since he was international affairs secretary of the BNP.
[22] The Awami League preferred Justice Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury according to its communication with foreign diplomats while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party supported election commissioner M. A. Aziz as an alternate.
[27][28] The Awami League would win the general election held two years later in 2009 and Khaleda Zia would later state it was a mistake appointing Iajuddin Ahmed.