[3] On 14 December 2010, Islam and Justice SM Emdadul Hoque issued a verdict against Gulshan Club ordering them to pay taxes and rejected its claim to tax-exempt status.
[10] On 8 December 2020, Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali ordered the government of Bangladesh to remove illegal structures built in banks of the Karnaphuli.
[11] Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali issued a verdict against Bangladesh Bank on 18 March for not including more information on the role of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
[12] On 13 December 2021, Islam and Justice Iqbal Kabir Lytton upheld the copyright of claim of Sheikh Abdul Hakim, ghost writer of Masud Rana, to over 300 books.
Following the resignation of Obaidul Hassan in the aftermath of protests against the court during the Non-cooperation movement (2024) on 10 August, Islam was named acting chief justice of Bangladesh,[15] before the appointment of Syed Refaat Ahmed to this position on the same day.