On 6 August 2006, Husain issued an order on extrajudicial killings and asked the Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh Police why they should not be directed to protect the lives of people in their custody.
[5][6] Husain and Justice AKM Shahidul Huq ordered the halting of 72 cases against Mahfuz Anam, the editor of The Daily Star on 11 April 2016.
[7] On 13 April, Husain and Justice AKM Shahidul Huq declared mandatory registration biometric data for SIM cards to be legal.
[9] Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan issued an order in August 2017 halting the reappointment of Abu Saleh Sheikh Mohammad Zahirul Haque as law secretary.
[10][11] On 29 January 2018, Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan, transferred the officer in charge of Lohagara Police Station for issuing an arrest warrant against a suspect already in custody.