Gour Gopal Saha

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Gour Gopal Saha
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
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NationalityBangladeshi
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Gour Gopal Saha (died 2018) was a retired Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court and a Hindu community activist. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

On 6 November 2002, Saha and Justice Sheikh Rezowan Ali issued a verdict which stated courts must record the reason for allowing additional evidence in an ongoing trial. [4]

In April 2010, Saha, as chairman of the Administrative Appellate Tribunal, issued a verdict declaring the termination of 84 upazila election officers in September 2007 by the caretaker government illegal. [5] The officers were appointed by the previous Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. [5]

In February 2011, Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain of the High Court Division declared it illegal for Saha to be the chairman of the Administrative Appellate Tribunal. [6] Advocate Tapash Kumar Pal filed the petition against Saha holding the post as he was the President of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission Dhaka and the Hindu Religious Welfare Trust which violated the terms of his position at the chairman of the tribunal. [6]

Saha was the vice-chairman of the Bangladesh Hindu Religious Welfare Trust in 2017. [7] He criticized Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha for his comments on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the 16th amendment verdict and said his actions had placed the Hindu community on trial in Bangladesh. [7]

Saha is the President of Gendaria's Shree Shree Shiv Mandir. [8] He was a patron of the Bangladesh Chapter of the Asian Conference of Religions for Peace. [9]

Death

Saha died on 4 September 2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Saha, Gour Gopal (2008-10-08). "Durga Puja: Its religious and social meaning". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  2. ↑ "Mandatory registration of Hindu marriage stressed". The Daily Star. 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  3. ↑ "Birth anniversary of Ramakrishna today". The Daily Star. 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  4. ↑ "Law & Our Rights". www.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  5. 1 2 "Termination of 84 election officers illegal". The Daily Star. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  6. 1 2 "Law and Our Rights". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  7. 1 2 "CJ puts 2 crore Hindus in dock: Hindu Welfare Trust". New Age. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  8. 1 2 "Justice Gour Gopal Saha passes away". The Daily Star. 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  9. ↑ "ACRP stresses for global peace through inter-religious harmony". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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