Obaidul Hassan

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The Honourable Chief Justice
Obaidul Hassan
ওবায়দুল হাসান
24th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Assumed office
26 September 2023
Relatives Sajjadul Hassan (brother)
Alma mater University of Dhaka

Obaidul Hassan (born 11 January 1959) [1] is a jurist who is the 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh [2] He was appointed as the Chief Justice on 12 September 2023. He also served as the president of the Inquiry Committee, 2022 for the formation of Bangladesh Election Commission. [3]

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Early life and background

Obaid was born on 11 January 1959 in Mohanganj Upazila, Netrokona District in the then East Pakistan, Pakistan. [4] Obaid's father was Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, a member of East Pakistan Provincial Assembly, and his mother was Begum Hosne Ara Hossain. [5] [6] His brother, Sajjadul Hassan, is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Netrokona-4 constituency since August 2023 and a former senior secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office and the chairman of the board of directors of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines. [7] [8]

Obaid completed his undergraduate and graduate degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka. [9] He completed his law degree from the University of Dhaka. [9]

Career

In 1986, Obaid started working as a lawyer in the District Court and the High Court in 1988. [9] [10]

Obaid started working as a advocate in the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2005. [9] In 2009, he was appointed an additional judge of Bangladesh High Court and became a full judge in 2011. [9]

Obaid was appointed to the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on 25 March 2012. [4] He was made the chairperson of the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on 13 December 2012. [9] [4]

In 2017, Obaid served as a member of a five-member search committee headed by the then Appellate Division Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain. Later, in 2022, the then president Mohammad Abdul Hamid formed a search committee with Obaid as its chairman.

On 2 September 2020, Obaid was appointed to the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [9]

On 29 July 2021, Obaid was nominated by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain as the chamber judge of Bangladesh Supreme Court to reduce backlog of cases at the court through virtual heading during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. [11]

Personal life

Obaid is married to Nafisa Banu, a member of the board of directors of Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority. [8] They have a son, Ahmed Shafkat Hassan, a barrister with an LLM degree on international law from the Durham University. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Obaidul Hassan new chief justice". The Daily Star. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  2. ↑ "Tariq ul Hakim, Obaidul Hassan sworn in as AD judges". New Age. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  3. ↑ "Judge Obaidul Hasan made acting Chief Justice". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  4. 1 2 3 "Tribunal Judges". International Crimes Research Foundation. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  5. ↑ Obaidul Hassan (2019-12-17). "Role of Baljit Singh Tyagi and BSF in our Liberation War". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  6. ↑ "Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh". www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  7. ↑ "Justice Obaidul heads EC search committee". New Age. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  8. 1 2 3 "President appoints Obaidul Hassan as new Chief Justice of Bangladesh". BSS. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Justice Tariq ul Hakim, Justice Obaidul Hassan elevated to Appellate Division". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  10. ↑ "Appellate Division gets 2 new judges". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  11. ↑ "Justice Obaidul Hassan nominated Supreme Court chamber judge". The Daily Star. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
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