Kazi Ebadoth Hossain Explained

Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Profession:Judge

Kazi Ebadoth Hossain is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[1]

Early life

Hossain was born on 1 October 1969.[2] He did his bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Dhaka.

Career

Hossain became a lawyer in the district court in 1993 and the High Court Division in 2003. He was a member of the Dhaka University LLM Lawyers' Association.[3]

On 21 October 2019, Hossain was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division.

On 19 October 2021, Hossain was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.[4]

In April 2022, Hossain and Justice Md Rezaul Hasan confirmed the death penalty in the Mymensingh double murder.[5]

In January 2023, Hossain and Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury in a verdict declared Jatiya Muktijoddha Council has no authority to cancel the names of "Freedom Fighter" from gazette notification.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 11 High Court benches formed to hear death reference cases News . 2023-08-09 . BSS.
  2. Web site: Home : Supreme Court of Bangladesh . supremecourt.gov.bd . 9 August 2023.
  3. Web site: 2008-07-18 . DU LLM Lawyers' Assoc executives . 2023-08-09 . The Daily Star . en.
  4. Web site: 2021-10-19 . Nine new High Court judges take oath . 2023-08-09 . The Business Standard . en.
  5. Web site: 2022-04-03 . Death penalty a proper punishment for brutal killing: HC on 2014 Mymensingh double murder . 2023-08-09 . The Daily Star . en.
  6. Web site: 2023-01-06 . Muktijoddha Council: ‘It cannot exclude freedom fighters’ names from gazette’ . 2023-08-09 . The Daily Star . en.