Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury
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{{Short description|Bangladeshi judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury
| native_name = জুবায়ের রহমান চৌধুরী
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury.jpg
| caption = Chowdhury in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|05|18|df=y}}
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| father = A.F.M. Abdur Rahman Chowdhury
| mother = Begum Sitara Chowdhury
| profession = Judge
}}
Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury (born 18 May 1961) is a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.{{cite news |title=4 new justices appointed to Supreme Court's Appellate Division |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/court/4-new-judges-appointed-supreme-courts-appellate-division-915276 |work=The Business Standard |date=12 August 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2014|url=http://www.supremecourt.gov.bd/resources/contents/Annual_Report_2014.pdf|publisher=Supreme Court of Bangladesh|access-date=15 March 2018}}
Early life
Justice Chowdhury was born on 18 May 1961.{{Cite web|title=Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh|url=http://www.supremecourt.gov.bd/web/?page=judges.php&menu=11&div_id=2|access-date=9 February 2022|website=www.supremecourt.gov.bd}} His father was Justice A. F. M. Abdur Rahman Chowdhury. He completed his Bachelor's and Master's in law from the University of Dhaka.
Career
Chowdhury started working as a lawyer on 3 March 1985. He was elevated to a lawyer of the High Court Division on 17 May 1987.
On 27 August 2003, Chowdhury was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.{{Cite news |date=28 July 2008|title=19 sitting judges oppose HC rule|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-47798|access-date=9 February 2022|work=The Daily Star|language=en}} His appointment to the High Court Division became permanent on 27 August 2005.
On 28 July 2008, Chowdhury and 18 other judges opposed a High Court Division verdict that called for judges whose appointment was not confirmed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to be confirmed.
On 7 January 2010, Chowdhury and Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar issued an order stating it was illegal for the government to make a civil servant an officer on special duty for more than 150 days.{{Cite news|title=OSD status harms civil servants, none can malign citizens: HC|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/139793/osd-status-harms-civil-servants-none-can-malign-citizens-hc|access-date=9 February 2022|work=New Age |language=en}}
On 10 January 2021, Chowdhury and Kazi Zinat Hoque issued an order which stated that women cannot become marriage registrars.{{Cite news |title=Women cannot solemnise marriage: HC|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/126866/women-cannot-solemnise-marriage-hc|access-date=9 February 2022|work=New Age |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.supremecourt.gov.bd/web/?page=judges.php&menu=11&div_id=2 Judges' List: High Court Division]
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Category:University of Dhaka alumni
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers
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