[7] In July 2009, Rais and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain asked the government to explain why it should not grant bails to two officers of National Security Intelligence, Major General Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury and Wing Commander Sahab Uddin.
[8] Rais and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain also squashed the corruption conviction of Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir.
[9] Rais and Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain granted bail to Giasuddin Al Mamun in October 2009.
[11] In April, Rais asked eight individuals accused in the case over the 1996 Bangladesh share market scam to surrender.
[12] Rais stayed the conviction of Sabira Sultana, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party nominee for Jessore-2, which had been denied by the courts twice and paved the way for her to contest the upcoming national elections in December 2018.