Khizir Ahmed Choudhury
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

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

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 24 November 1959.[3] He completed a bachelors of art degree and another 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Janaza of Mizanur Rahman held at Press Club". Risingbd. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  2. ↑ Staff Correspondent (2019-08-26). "Unmarried, not 'Kumari'". The Daily Star. 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". theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  6. ↑ Developer). "HC orders exclusion of 'Kumari' from Kabinnama". unb.com.bd. 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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