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Obaidul Hassan takes oath as Chief Justice

Obaidul Hassan takes oath as Chief Justice

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Justice Obaidul Hassan has took an oath as the 24th Chief Justice of Bangladesh.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to him at Bangabhaban at 11:07am on Tuesday (September 26).

Former Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique was also attended 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).

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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