Krishna Debnath

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Krishna Debnath
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Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Appellate Division
In office
18 April 2010 –9 October 2022
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Born (1955-10-10) October 10, 1955 (age 69)
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater University of Rajshahi
ProfessionJudge

Krishna Debnath (born 10 October 1955) is a retired Bangladeshi justice of the Appellate Division, the highest court of Bangladesh. [1] She was the first Hindu women judge in Bangladesh. [2] She is also Bangladesh's first Hindu female judge of the Appellate Division, Supreme Court. [3]

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Early life and education

Debnath was born on 10 October 1955. Her father's name is Dinesh Chandra Debnath, who was a judge and law professor at Rajshahi University, and mother's name is Benu Debnath. She passed her LLB and LLM from University of Rajshahi. [1] She joined the judiciary on December 7, 1981, as a 'Munsef' after completing her law studies from Dhaka University. Later, in 1996, she was promoted to district and sessions judge. She was appointed as an additional judge on April 17, 2010. Two years later, on April 17, 2012, she was appointed as a permanent judge of the High Court Division.

Career

Debnath was elevated as additional judge of the High Court Division on 18 April 2010 and appointed judge on 15 April 2012. [4] She appointed at Appellate Division, Supreme Court on 9 January 2022. She retired on 9 October, 2022 after completed her 41-year judicial career. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 বিচার বিভাগে নারীর অবদান [Women contribution in Judiciary service] (in Bengali). China Radio International. 2016-05-01. Archived from the original on 2017-07-23. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  2. ↑ "Dhaka: For the first time in 150 years, a Hindu woman is appointed district judge". AsiaNews.
  3. ↑ "Justice Krishna Debnath: First Hindu Female Judge of Appellate Division". The Asian Age (Editorial). Bangladesh.
  4. ↑ Islam, Fakrul (2017-04-14). নারীরা এগিয়ে আসছেন বিচার বিভাগেও [Women advancement in Judiciary service]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  5. ↑ "'Judicial independence difficult to establish if judges don't consider themselves independent'". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
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