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Chief Justice sworn oath

Sun News Desk : Justice Obaidul Hassan has taken an oath as the 24th Chief Justice of Bangladesh on Tuesday.

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President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to him at Bangabhaban at 11:07am. ormer Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique was present at the programme.

Hassan, a senior judge of the Appellate Division, has been appointed as the chief justice on September 12. He will replace Justice Hasan Foez Siddique as he retired on Monday (September 25).

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A lawyer by background Obaidul Hassan was appointed as an additional judge of the Supreme Court's High Court Division in 2009 while his appointment was confirmed as a permanent judge in 2011.

He was elevated as a judge in the apex Appellate Division on September 3, 2020.

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Obaidul Hassan was born on January 1, 1959, at Chayashi village under Mohanganj upazila in Netrokona district to Dr Akhlaqul Hossain Ahmed and Begum Hosne Ara Hossain.

Hassan was appointed as the chairman of International Crimes Tribunal-2 on March 25, 2012 and in his capacity as the head of that court, also known as War Crimes Tribunal, until September 15, 2015, he pronounced 11 verdicts.

Obaidul Hassan is married to Nafisa Banu, who currently serves as Member (Finance) of Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority’s Board of Directors. The couple has a son, Barrister Ahmed Shafquat Hassan.

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