Obaidul Hassan takes oath as chief justice

Obaidul Hassan has taken oath as the 24th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban in a brief ceremony at 11am on Tuesday.

Hassan, a senior judge of the Appellate Division, was appointed as the chief justice on September 12. He will replace Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, who retired on Monday.

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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