Sun News Desk : New Justice Obaidul Haasan will take oath on September 26.

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Supreme Court Registrar General Md Golam Rabbani told BSS that President Mohammed Shahabuddin will administer the oath at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban in a brief ceremony at 11 am on that day.

On September 12, President Mohammad Shahabuddin appointed Appellate Division Judge Obaidul Hassan as the new chief justice as incumbent Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique is set to retire on September 25.

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"Under the authority vested upon him under Article 95 (1) of the Constitution, the President has appointed Supreme Court's Appellate Division Judge Obaidul Hassan as the chief justice of Bangladesh," an official notification said on that day.

According to the Law Ministry notification, the appointment would come into effect from the day of his oath of office to be administered by the President.

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