[5] Hossain and Justice M Enayetur Rahim on 23 August 2010 issued an arrest warrant against the deputy commissioner of Moulvibazar District, Mostafizur Rahman, for failing to appear before the court.
[6] Hossain and Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik made the Deputy Commissioner of Kushtia District stand in the dock for hours on 29 September 2010 as punishment for contempt of court.
[11] On 16 January 2012, Hossain and Justice M Enayetur Rahim granted bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia on corruption charges related to the Barapukuria coal mine case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
[4] On 29 April 2013, Hossain expressed embarrassment and inability to hear petitions by Mirza Fakrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, challenging the various vandalism cases filed against him.
[13] On 8 August 2019, Hossain and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman denied bail to Aysha Siddika Minni who had been accused of being involved in the murder of her husband, Rifat Sharif.