Khizir Ahmed Choudhury

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Khizir Ahmed Choudhury
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
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NationalityBangladeshi
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Khizir Ahmed Choudhury is a judge on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [1] [2]

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Early life

Chowdhury was born on 24 November 1959. [3] He completed a bachelor's of art degree and a bachelor of law degree. [3]

Career

On 18 March 1986, Chowdhury became an advocate of the district court. [3]

Chowdhury became a lawyer of the High Court Division on 30 April 1989 and lawyer of the Appellate Division on 13 December 2009. [3]

Chowdhury was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division on 12 February 2015. [3] He is a member of the Supreme Court's Special Committee for Child Rights. [4]

On 4 April 2016, Chowdhury and Justice Naima Haider issued an order that heirs not nominees are to receive money from the bank account of a deceased individual. [5]

Chowdhury and Justice Naima Haider ordered the removal of the word kumari (virgin) and replaced it with unmarried on Muslim marriage registration on 25 August 2019. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Janaza of Mizanur Rahman held at Press Club". Risingbd. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  2. ↑ "Unmarried, not 'Kumari'". The Daily Star. 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  4. ↑ "Supreme Court judges for children's bails hearing through video conference". New Age. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  5. ↑ "Heirs to get money, not nominee: HC". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  6. ↑ "HC orders exclusion of 'Kumari' from Kabinnama". UNB. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  7. ↑ "Bangladesh top court removes 'virgin' word from Muslim marriage form". TheLeaflet. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
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