[1] In September 1954 Daud became a Civil Judge, Junior Division and a Judicial Magistrate First Class at Amravati in the Vidarbha region.

[1] Hosbet Suresh and Daud were appointed to investigate the Bombay riots that had taken place in December 1992 and January 1993, publishing their findings in a 1995 report titled The People's Verdict.

[4] Daud headed an Indian People's Tribunal Enquiry into the Proposed Maroli-Umbergaon Port Project (Gujarat), issuing a report in April 2000.

[7] The Sardar Sarovar Dam project on the Narmada River in Gujarat was highly controversial, involving displacement of many people.

[8] He participated with retired justices Rajendra Sachar and Hosbet Suresh in an investigation by the Indian People's Human Rights Tribunal into a massive slum clearance drive in Mumbai, with the ostensible purpose of preserving the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

[10] In March 2002, at the ceremony where the 21st journalism for human rights award was presented by the People's Union for Civil Liberties, S.M.

Daud criticized the Supreme Court of India for wrongly convicting writer and activist Arundhati Roy.