[2] Hossain served as a judge in the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor.
[2] Bangladesh Nationalist Party aligned leaders Supreme Court Bar Association opposed the appointment and boycotted the event.
[4] Hossain and Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in a vandalism case.
[5] On 2 May 2013, Hossain and Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury granted bail to six politicians of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Abdullah Al Noman, Amanullah Aman, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Mirza Abbas, Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
[7] On 24 July, Hossain and Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury granted bail to a journalist who had been assaulted by Member of Parliament Golam Maula Rony.