Md. Muzammel Hossain
| The Honourable Justice Md. Muzammel Hossain | |
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| মোঃ মোজাম্মেল হোসেন | |
| Chief Justice of Bangladesh | |
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In office 18 May 2011 – 16 January 2015 | |
| Appointed by | President of Bangladesh |
| Preceded by | A.B.M. Khairul Haque |
| Succeeded by | Surendra Kumar Sinha |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 January 1948 Kishoreganj, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education |
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Md. Muzammel Hossain (born 17 January 1948) is a barrister and the 20th Chief Justice of Bangladesh.[1]
Early life and education
He was born in a Bengali Muslim family in Kishoreganj on 17 January 1948.[2][3] His father's name is Ahmed Hossain. Muzammel Hossain obtained LLB degree in 1970, MA degree in journalism in 1971 from University of Dhaka (DU), LLM degree from University of Sheffield, UK in 1977 and Barrister-at-Law from Hon'ble Society of Lincoln's Inn, London, UK in 1980.
He participated in a seminar on Racial Equality in UK in 1976, a conference at UK on "The Courts of the Commonwealth and Judicial Precedent in the Commonwealth" in 1977 and the Saarc Law Conference in Pakistan in 1977.
He also worked as a law faculty at University of Miadiguri in Nigeria, a professor at City Law College, Dhanmondi Law College and Bhuiyan Academy in Dhaka, and an examiner of both LLB (Hons) and LLM Examinations at DU.
Career
He was enrolled as an advocate of the District Court and the High Court (HC) Division of SC in February, 1971 and 1978 respectively.
He was elevated to the post of judge of the High Court Division on 27 April 1998, and judge of the Appellate Division on 16 July 2009. He became Chairman of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Pay Commission on 16 May 2010.
On 18 May 2011 he became the Chief Justice of Bangladesh.
Judgments
During his judgeship period in the Appellate Division, Justice Muzammel delivered a number of landmark judgments including those on the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 5th and 13th amendments to the constitution
References
- ↑ "Hon'ble Chief Justice". Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- ↑ "Muzammel made chief justice". The Daily Star. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- ↑ "Judges' List : Appellate Division". Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
| Preceded by A.B.M. Khairul Haque |
Chief Justice of Bangladesh 16 May 2011 – 16 January 2015 |
Succeeded by Surendra Kumar Sinha |