Kazi Ebadoth Hossain

Kazi Ebadoth Hossain
Justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionJudge

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.[2]

Career

Hossain became a lawyer in the district court in 1993 and the High Court Division in 2003.[2] 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.[2]

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]

References

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