[5] Despite the verdict the process of separation could not be completed due to the reluctance of the executive branch to lose their judicial powers.
[5][6][7] The judicial period before 1999 has been referred to as Pre ‘Masder Hossain’ era.
[10] In October 2008, Hossain, as judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1, rejected the discharge petition of Abdus Salam Pintu, Mufti Abdul Hannan, and 20 others in the case filed over the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack targeting former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
[12] After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government Hossain met the newly appointed Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed in September 2024 and hoped the new chief justice would finally separate the judicial and executive branches of government.
[13] In October 2024, he was included in the newly created Judicial Reform Commission of the Muhammad Yunus led interim government.